BETHEL v. STATE

No. A-15701.

488 P.2d 580 (1971)

Gordon Reevis BETHEL, Plaintiff in Error, v. The STATE of Oklahoma, Defendant in Error.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma.

August 30, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Don Anderson, Public Defender, Wayne Hagle, Asst. Public Defender, for plaintiff in error.

G.T. Blankenship, Atty. Gen., Hugh H. Collum, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant in error.


BUSSEY, Presiding Judge.

Gordon Reevis Bethel, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was charged in the District Court of Oklahoma County with the offense of Murder; he was convicted of the offense of Manslaughter in the First Degree. Punishment was fixed at forty-five years imprisonment, and from said judgment and sentence, a timely appeal has been perfected to this Court.

At the trial, Officer Smith testified that in answer to a call on August 30, 1969,...

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