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COX v. STATE

Nos. F-78-55, F-78-56.

644 P.2d 1077 (1982)

Venory COX, Appellant, v. The STATE of Oklahoma, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma.

May 4, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. Hurley Jordan, Public Defender, Robert A. Ravitz, First Asst. Public Defender, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma City, for appellant.

Jan Eric Cartwright, Atty. Gen., Susan Talbot, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chief, Criminal Appellate Division, Oklahoma City, for appellee.

OPINION

CORNISH, Judge:

Venory Cox, appellant was convicted of Murder in the First Degree and sentenced to death.

In 1972, the appellant obtained a divorce from his wife, Pearl Mae Cox, after twenty-five years of marriage. On August 14, 1977, he went to his ex-wife's residence and observed her in bed with her boyfriend, Mr. Sanders. Cox immediately left the house and retrieved a pistol from his car. He returned minutes later and shot and killed his...

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