Hockersmith v. State

ORDER GRANTING REQUEST FOR PUBLICATION

On August 9,1996, this Court reversed and remanded for retrial Appellant’s conviction for First Degree Murder by Committing Child Abuse, tried in the District Court of Tulsa County, Case Number CF-93-1043, before the Honorable Jay D. Dalton, District Judge. We determined that the jury instructions used to define the term “wilful” was confusing, contradictory and potentially misleading as applied to a charge of First Degree Murder by Child Abuse.

Pursuant to Rules of the Court of Criminal Appeals, 22 O.S.Supp.1995, Ch. 18, Rule 3.10, Appellant filed a…