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Koonce v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Oct 26, 1972
502 P.2d 1048 (Okla. Crim. App. 1972)

Opinion

No. A-14826.

October 26, 1972.


ORDER MODIFYING JUDGMENT AND SENTENCE


WHEREAS, the Supreme Court of the United States has vacated the opinion of this Court affirming the judgment and sentence rendered in the above styled and numbered cause insofar as it left undisturbed the death sentence, and remanded this cause for reconsideration of this Court in the light of Stewart v. Massachusetts, 408 U.S. 845, 92 S.Ct. 2845, 33 L.Ed.2d 744 (1972);

Now, therefore, it is the order of this court that the judgment and sentence rendered in the District Court of Lincoln County, Case No. C-3298, be, and the same is hereby, modified from a sentence of death, to a sentence of life imprisonment.


Summaries of

Koonce v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Oct 26, 1972
502 P.2d 1048 (Okla. Crim. App. 1972)
Case details for

Koonce v. State

Case Details

Full title:RONALD THOMAS KOONCE, APPELLANT, v. THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA, APPELLEE

Court:Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma

Date published: Oct 26, 1972

Citations

502 P.2d 1048 (Okla. Crim. App. 1972)
1972 OK CR 297

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