Coffer v. State

(Specially Assigned).

Appellant, Elbert Coffer, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was charged, tried and convicted in the District Court of Muskogee County, Oklahoma, for the offense of Murder, Case No. CRF-71-531. His punishment was fixed at life imprisonment, and from said judgment and sentence, a timely appeal has been perfected to this Court.

At the trial, Dr. Harvey Randall testified that he examined the body of Sammy De-graftenreed and determined that the cause of death was due to a gunshot wound in the right chest.

Elias Dean, next testified for the State. He testified that on…