Cooper v. State

OPINION

LUMPKIN, Presiding Judge:

Appellant Byron Keith Cooper was tried by jury and convicted of Murder in the First Degree (21 O.S.Supp.1989, § 701.7) in the District Court of Oklahoma County, Case No. CF-89-5084. The jury found the existence of five (5) aggravating circumstances (Appellant was previously convicted of a felony involving the use or threat of violence; the murder was especially heinous, atrocious and cruel; the murder was committed to avoid arrest or prosecution; the murder was committed while Appellant was serving a sentence for a conviction of a felony; and Appellant posed a…