# VanWoundenberg v. State

> Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · June 3, 1986 · 720 P.2d 328

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9615756

## Case

- **Full name:** Sammy VanWOUNDENBERG, Appellant, v. STATE of Oklahoma, Appellee
- **Court:** Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
- **Decided:** June 3, 1986
- **Citations:** 720 P.2d 328; 1986 OK CR 81; 1986 Okla. Crim. App. LEXIS 269
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Parks
- **Judges:** Bussey, Brett, Parks
- **Cited by:** 97 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- finding aggravator to be "specific and readily understandable" and not requiring further definition

## Opinion text

PARKS, Presiding Judge,
specially concurring:
I believe the application of 21 O.S.Supp. 1985, § 701.13(C) to cases pending on appeal at the time the statute was passed renders the enactment an ex post facto law. See Green v. State, 713 P.2d 1032 , 1041 n. 4 (Okl.Cr.1985). See also Foster v. State, 714 P.2d 1031 (Okl.Cr.1986) (Parks, P.J. specially concurring). However, I have independently applied 21 O.S.1981, § 701.13(C) to these facts and I am convinced that the sentence imposed herein is proper. Therefore, I concur that the judgment and sentence should be affirmed.

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