# Newsted v. State

> Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · June 16, 1986 · 720 P.2d 734

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9615929

## Case

- **Full name:** Norman Lee NEWSTED, Appellant, v. STATE of Oklahoma, Appellee
- **Court:** Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
- **Decided:** June 16, 1986
- **Citations:** 720 P.2d 734
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Brett
- **Judges:** Parks, Brett, Bussey
- **Cited by:** 42 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

BRETT, Judge,
specially concurring.
I concur that the judgment and sentence in this case should be affirmed, but I agree with the special concurrence of Judge Bus-sey, that the proportionality review of death sentences is now unnecessary.
IT IS SO ORDERED.

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