HUNTER v. STATE

No. F-79-336.

637 P.2d 871 (1981)

Billy Gene HUNTER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Oklahoma, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma.

November 23, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Don Ed Payne, Hugo, for appellant.

Jan Eric Cartwright, Atty. Gen., William S. Flanagan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Oklahoma City, for appellee.


OPINION

CORNISH, Judge:

On April 23, 1978, Billy Gene Hunter shot and killed a man in a bar in Hugo, Oklahoma. According to the testimony of a witness, Hunter said to the man, "You owe me $1,500," and the man replied, "I don't owe you anything." Hunter stepped back, pulled out a pistol and shot him. He was convicted of Murder in the First Degree and sentenced to life imprisonment.

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