PANNELL v. STATE

No. F-80-333.

640 P.2d 568 (1982)

Leon Emory PANNELL and Michael Don Smith, Appellants, v. The STATE of Oklahoma, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma.

February 5, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. Hurley Jordan, Public Defender, Demetri Anastasiadis, Asst. Public Defender, Oklahoma City, for appellants.

Jan Eric Cartwright, Atty. Gen., Susan Talbot, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chief, Appellate Crim. Div., Tomilou Gentry Liddell, Legal Intern, Oklahoma City, for appellee.


OPINION

CORNISH, Judge:

The appellants were jointly tried and convicted of Murder in the First Degree, in Oklahoma County District Court, Case No. CRF-79-1430. Each received a sentence of life imprisonment.

First it is asserted the trial court attempted to define "reasonable doubt" during voir dire of the jury. The appellants urge that as a consequence the request for a new jury panel should have been granted...

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