HARRIS v. STATE

No. F 1999-625.

13 P.3d 489 (2000)

2000 OK CR 20

Benjamin Charles HARRIS, Appellant, v. STATE of Oklahoma, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma.

Rehearing Denied November 29, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Thomas Hall, Jerry Weiss, Indigent Defense System, Clinton, OK, Attorneys for Defendant at trial.

Dan Deaver, Assistant District Attorney, Jackson County Courthouse, Altus, OK, Christopher Kelly, Assistant District Attorney, Washita County Courthouse, Cordell, OK, Attorneys for the State at trial.

Thomas Purcell, Appellate Defense Counsel, Indigent Defense System, Norman, OK, Attorney for Appellant on appeal.

W.A. Drew Edmondson, Oklahoma Attorney General, James F. Kelly, Assistant Attorney General, Oklahoma City, OK, Attorneys for Appellee on appeal.


OPINION

LILE, Judge:

¶ 1 Appellant Benjamin Charles Harris was convicted of First Degree Murder, 21 O.S.1991, § 701.7, after a jury trial in the District Court of Jackson County, Case Number CF-99-68, before the Honorable Richard Darby, District Judge.1 In accordance with the jury verdict, Judge Darby sentenced Harris to life without the possibility of parole. From...

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