BATTIEST v. STATE

No. F-86-21.

755 P.2d 688 (1988)

Melvin James BATTIEST, Appellant, v. STATE of Oklahoma, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma.

May 12, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe P. Robertson, Wagoner, for appellant.

Michael C. Turpen, Atty. Gen., William H. Luker, Asst. Atty. Gen., Oklahoma City, for appellee.


OPINION

BUSSEY, Judge:

The appellant, Melvin James Battiest, was convicted in the District Court of Wagoner County, Case No. CRF-84-73, of the crime of Murder in the First Degree, was sentenced to life imprisonment, and he appeals.

The facts disclosed by the parties and the record reveal that the appellant and a codefendant were in the company of Donald Cantrell, the victim of the murder, on April 22, 1984...

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