Court rejects Oklahoma woman's self-defense claim in death
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August 2, 2019
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has affirmed the life prison sentence of a woman who worked as a prostitute and admitted stabbing a client to death.
The court ruled Thursday in the appeal of 33-year-old Sumeika D. Byrd, who was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison for the Aug. 13, 2015, stabbing death of 28-year-old Brendon Turner.
Byrd testified during the trial that prostitution was her primary source of income and that she stabbed Turner in self-defense. She told jurors she had sex with Turner before he pushed her into a dresser, promp...
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