CRUSE v. STATE

No. F-2001-1046.

67 P.3d 920 (2003)

2003 OK CR 8

Jason Leon CRUSE, Appellant, v. STATE of Oklahoma, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma.

April 9, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Osher Bachrach, Norman, for Defendant at trial.

Johnny S. Loard, Assistant District Attorney, Sulphur, OK, Craig Ladd, Assistant District Attorney, Ardmore, OK, Attorneys for State at trial.

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

W.A. Drew Edmondson, Attorney General, Brant M. Elmore, Assistant Attorney General, Oklahoma City, OK, for Appellee on appeal.


OPINION

LILE, Vice Presiding Judge.

¶ 1 Appellant, Jason Leon Cruse, was convicted at jury trial of First Degree Malice Aforethought Murder (21 O.S.Supp.1998 § 701.7) in the District Court of Murray County, Case No. CF-2000-105. The jury was unable to recommend a sentence. The Honorable John H. Scaggs, District Judge, sentenced Appellant to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, suspending the "without the possibility of parole...

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