Oklahoma appeals court OKs life sentence in fatal shooting
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January 26, 2017
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has upheld the life prison sentence of a 25-year-old man who was convicted of shooting a Tulsa man to death four years ago.
The court handed down the decision Wednesday to Deonta Deangelo Dixon, who was convicted of first-degree murder in the Jan. 4, 2013, shooting death of 31-year-old Ronnie Stanley.
Stanley was shot in the head and his body was discovered lying in a Tulsa County roadway. He was pronounced dead at a hospital. Investigators say the shooting followed an ongoing dispute over money.
Dixon was one of several defendants wh...
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