Opinion

Lambert v. State

  • 984 P.2d 221
  • 1999 OK CR 17
  • 1999 Okla. Crim. App. LEXIS 46
  • 1999 WL 243594
Court
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Filed
Apr 14, 1999
Status
Published
Author
Chapel
On the bench
Chapel, Strubhar, Lane, Johnson, Lumpkin
Cited by
16 cases

holding proper resolution of double punishment problem is to vacate the convictions and sentences for the underlying felonies

How later courts described this case

  • holding proper resolution of double punishment problem is to vacate the convictions and sentences for the underlying felonies
  • trial court not required to define life without parole
  • “[Cjounsel was not ineffective in failing to move for a change of venue.... The decision to not seek a change of venue under these circumstances was a reasonable, strategic decision .... ”

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

CHAPEL, P.J.,

concur in part/dissent in part

STRUBHAR, V.P.J., LANE and JOHNSON, JJ., concur.

LUMPKIN, J., concur in results.

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