SPENCE v. STATE

No. A-12844.

353 P.2d 1114 (1960)

James SPENCE, Plaintiff in Error, v. STATE of Oklahoma, Defendant in Error.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma.

June 29, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Tyree, Lawton, for plaintiff in error.

Mac Q. Williamson, Atty. Gen., Sam H. Lattimore, Asst. Atty. Gen., Warren H. Crane, Co. Atty., Comanche Co., Lawton, for defendant in error.


BRETT, Judge.

This is an appeal by James Spence from a second conviction for the murder of Ruth Zimmerman, committed in Comanche County, Oklahoma on March 31, 1958. The case was originally brought by information against Spence and Eddie Oxendine as accomplices on which a trial was held in the District Court of Comanche County, Oklahoma. A conviction was obtained affixing the death penalty. From that conviction an appeal...

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