JORDAN v. STATE

No. F-84-809.

756 P.2d 8 (1988)

Elvis JORDAN, a/k/a Elvis Starks, Appellant, v. The STATE of Oklahoma, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma.

Rehearing Denied June 28, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Clifton, IV, Asst. Appellate Public Defender, Norman, for appellant.

Michael C. Turpen, Atty. Gen., Tomilou Gentry Liddell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Oklahoma City, for appellee.


OPINION

BRETT, Presiding Judge:

Elvis Jordan, a/k/a Elvis Starks, appellant, was tried in Logan County District Court for Murder in the First Degree (21 O.S.Supp. 1987, § 701.7), Case No. CRF-83-69. The jury sentenced appellant to life imprisonment. It is from this judgment and sentence that appellant appeals.

On June 25, 1983, Lawrence Lewis died from stab wounds inflicted by the appellant. Ms. Dorothy Berryman, the only eyewitness, testified...

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