Oklahoma court upholds murder conviction, manslaughter plea
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November 9, 2018
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals, in two separate cases, has upheld a murder conviction and rejected a request to withdraw a no-contest plea to manslaughter charges in the deaths of a woman and her 14-month-old granddaughter.
The court on Thursday upheld the conviction and life with parole sentence of Kendell Sparrow in the stabbing death of William Rivers in Stillwater.
Sparrow argued there was insufficient evidence to convict him and that improper testimony was allowed at his trial.
The court also turned down Auntra Edmonds' request to withdraw his no-contest plea...
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