Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 8/4/1994

Mayes v. State

Citations

887 P.2d 1288
1994 OK CR 44
65 O.B.A.J. 2808
1994 Okla. Crim. App. LEXIS 58
1994 WL 282985

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finding no fundamental error where an EMT testified that “[w]hen he loaded the body between 9:30 and 10 p.m., rigor had begun; and the body exhibited substantially more lividity, and was colder than it had been six hours earlier”
sufficiently timely notice provided four days before trial, where defendant was apprized long before that prosecution intended to seek death penalty
“Under the circumstances, we find the reference to a polygraph, if error at all, was harmless.”
prohibiting the jury from hearing information regarding parole or commutation
co-conspirator called police to report crime
applying doctrine of invited error

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Judges: Lumpkin, Johnson, Lane, Chapel, Strubhar

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