SHORT v. STATE

No. F-79-355.

634 P.2d 755 (1981)

Ernest Preston SHORT, Appellant, v. The STATE of Oklahoma, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma.

September 23, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Don Ed Payne, Hugo, for appellant.

Jan Eric Cartwright, Atty. Gen., Larry Oakes, Asst. Atty. Gen., Eric Bret Zwiebel, Legal Intern, State of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, for appellee.


OPINION

CORNISH, Judge:

On August 6, 1978, the appellant fatally shot his girlfriend in a tavern parking lot. The shooting occurred when the appellant unsuccessfully attempted to pull the female victim from the van of Jerry Conterez. At that point, he pulled a gun and shot the victim twice. The appellant was convicted of Murder in the First Degree and sentenced to life imprisonment, in McCurtain County District...

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