# Thompson v. State

> Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · August 29, 1986 · 724 P.2d 780

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9563815

## Case

- **Full name:** William Wayne THOMPSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Oklahoma, Appellee
- **Court:** Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
- **Decided:** August 29, 1986
- **Citations:** 724 P.2d 780; 1986 OK CR 130; 1986 Okla. Crim. App. LEXIS 318
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Parks
- **Judges:** Brett, Parks, Bussey
- **Cited by:** 33 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

- **Red flag:** Reversed by Thompson v. Oklahoma, 487 U.S. 815 (1988).
- Negative treatments: 1
- Distinguished by: 0
- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9563815

## Opinion text

PARKS, Presiding Judge,
specially concurring:
I agree with all that my brother Judge Brett has stated in this opinion. However, I write separately to consider whether the sentence of death in this case “is excessive or disproportionate ..., considering both the crime and defendant.” This consideration is missing from the Court’s opinion. 21 O.S.1981, § 701.13(C). Although our Legislature has revised this statute somewhat in 1985 Okla.Sess.Laws, Ch. 265, now codified at 21 O.S.Supp.1985, § 701.13, I believe application of this revision to cases pending on appeal at the time the law was enacted would render the new provision an ex post facto law. See Green v. State, 713 P.2d 1032 , 1041 n. 4 (Okl.Cr.1985). Nevertheless, I have personally compared the *787 sentence imposed herein with those previous cases either affirmed 1 or modified 2 by this Court, and find the sentence to be proper.
. Ross v. State, 717 P.2d 117 (Okl.Cr.1986); Foster v. State, 714 P.2d 1031 (Okl.Cr.1986); Green v. State, 713 P.2d 1032 (Okl.Cr.1986); Liles v. State, 702 P.2d 1025 (Okl.Cr.1985); Cooks v. State, 699 P.2d 653 (Okl.Cr.1985); Banks v. State, 201 P.2d 418 (Okl.Cr.1985); Cartwright v. State, 695 P.2d 548 (Okl.Cr.1985); Brogie v. State, 695 P.2d 538 (Okl.Cr.1985); Bowen v. State, 715 P.2d 1093 , 55 O.B.J. 2520 (Okl.Cr.1984); Stout v. State, 693 P.2d 617 (Okl.Cr.1984); and Nuckols v. State, 690 P.2d 463 (Okl.Cr.1984); Robison v. State, 677 P.2d 1080 (Okl.Cr.1984); Dutton v. State, 674 P.2d 1134 (Okl.Cr.1984); Stafford v. State, 669 P.2d 285 (Okl.Cr.1983); Coleman v. State, 668 P.2d 1126 (Okl.Cr.1983); Stafford v. State, 665 P.2d 1205 (Okl.Cr.1983): Davis v. State, 665 P.2d 1186 (Okl.Cr.1983); Ake v. State, 663 P.2d 1 (Okl.Cr.1983); Parks v. State, 651 P.2d 686 (Okl.Cr.1982): Jones v. State, 648 P.2d 1251 (Okl.Cr. 1982); Hays v. State, 617 P.2d 223 (Okl.Cr.1980); and Chaney v. State, 612 P.2d 269 (Okl.Cr.1980), modified on other grounds, sub. nom., Chaney v. Brown, 730 F.2d 1334 (10th Cir.1984).
. Green v. State, 713 P.2d 1032 (Okl.Cr.1985); Eddings v. State, 616 P.2d 1159 (Okl.Cr.1980); as modified, 688 P.2d 342 (Okl.Cr.1984); Mo rgan v. State, No. F-79-487 (Okl.Cr. Nov. 14, 1983) (Unpublished); Johnson v. State, 665 P.2d 815 (Okl.Cr.1982); Glidewell v. State, 663 P.2d 738 (Okl.Cr.1983); Jones v. State, 660 P.2d 634 (Okl.Cr.1983); Driskell v. State, 659 P.2d 343 (Okl.Cr.1983); Boutwell v. State, 659 P.2d 322 (Okl.Cr.1983); Munn v. State, 658 P.2d 482 (Okl.Cr.1983); Odum v. State, 651 P.2d 703 (Okl.Cr.1982); Burrows v. State, 640 P.2d 533 (Okl.Cr.1982); Franks v. State, 636 P.2d 361 (Okl.Cr.1981); Irvin v. State, 617 P.2d 588 (Okl.Cr.1980).

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