death penalty for kidnapping where sentencing court considered evidence of accompanying murder, a crime for which defendant was already convicted and received life in prison
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- death penalty for kidnapping where sentencing court considered evidence of accompanying murder, a crime for which defendant was already convicted and received life in prison
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The opinion
On Rehearing.
BRETT, Presiding Judge.
After oral argument, it is felt that the matters urged on petition for rehearing have been fully treated in the majority opinion of this court, and the same is adhered to, and the matters urged in the petition for rehearing are overruled and petition denied.
The time originally appointed for the execution of the defendant, Edward Leon Williams, having passed pending this appeal ;
It is ordered, adjudged and decreed that the judgment and sentence of the district court of Tulsa County, Oklahoma, be carried out by the electrocution of the defendant, Edward Leon Williams, by the Warden of the Oklahoma State Penitentiary, McAlester, Oklahoma, on Tuesday, the 11th day of March, 1958.
POWELL, J., concurs.
JSIIX, J., dissents.