HOCKERSMITH v. STATE

No. F-94-0707.

926 P.2d 793 (1996)

Letha Jean HOCKERSMITH, Appellant, v. The STATE of Oklahoma, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma.

October 7, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles L. Richardson, Chadwick R. Richardson, Tulsa, for Defendant at trial.

Timothy H. Harris, Assistant District Attorney, Tulsa, for the State at trial.

Linda H. McGuire, Norman, for Appellant on appeal.

W.A. Drew Edmondson, Attorney General, David Hudson, Assistant Attorney General, Oklahoma City, for Appellee on appeal.


ORDER GRANTING REQUEST FOR PUBLICATION

On August 9, 1996, this Court reversed and remanded for retrial Appellant's conviction for First Degree Murder by Committing Child Abuse, tried in the District Court of Tulsa County, Case Number CF-93-1043, before the Honorable Jay D. Dalton, District Judge. We determined that the jury instructions used to define the term "wilful" was confusing, contradictory and potentially misleading as applied to a charge of First...

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