Opinion

Hawkins v. State

  • 73 O.B.A.J. 918
  • 46 P.3d 139
  • 2002 OK CR 12
  • 2002 Okla. Crim. App. LEXIS 10
  • 2002 WL 393100
Court
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Filed
Mar 12, 2002
Status
Published
Author
Strubhar
On the bench
Umpkin, Johnson, Lile, Strubhar, Chapel
Cited by
8 cases

finding that jurors could not testify regarding their alleged misunderstanding of what the term "life without parole" meant

How later courts described this case

  • finding that jurors could not testify regarding their alleged misunderstanding of what the term "life without parole" meant
  • the defense of duress requires the defendant to have committed a prohibited act or omission because of a reasonable belief that there was imminent danger of death or great bodily harm from another upon oneself, one's spouse, or one's child

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

STRUBHAR, Judge:

Concur in Results.

[1 I concur in results only for the reason of stare decisis. I continue to believe that a trial court should provide a meaningful answer to questions from the jury when they ask about the meaning of life without parole.

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