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- Title: Washington V. State
- Author : Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals
- Release Date : January 07, 1999
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 79 KB
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¶1 Curtis Lee Washington, hereinafter Appellant, was tried by jury and convicted of Murder in the first degree (21 O.S.1991, § 701.7(A)), in the District Court of Oklahoma County, Case No. CF-96-1023, the Honorable Leamon Freeman, District Judge, presiding. The jury recommended death after finding the murder was especially heinous, atrocious or cruel,*fn1 and the trial court sentenced Appellant accordingly. From this Judgment and Sentence, he appeals.*fn2 After thorough consideration of the record before this Court, we find the combination of three serious errors in the second stage of trial rendered the death sentence imposed in this case unreliable. Thus, we affirm Appellant's conviction and modify his sentence to life without the possibility of parole.*fn3