# Hawkins v. State

> Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · March 12, 2002 · 73 O.B.A.J. 918

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9863865

## Case

- **Full name:** Christopher Alan HAWKINS, Appellant, v. the STATE of Oklahoma, Appellee
- **Court:** Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
- **Decided:** March 12, 2002
- **Citations:** 73 O.B.A.J. 918; 46 P.3d 139; 2002 OK CR 12; 2002 Okla. Crim. App. LEXIS 10; 2002 WL 393100
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Strubhar
- **Judges:** Umpkin, Johnson, Lile, Strubhar, Chapel
- **Cited by:** 8 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

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

## Opinion text

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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