Oklahoma woman's murder conviction in husband's death upheld

 

September 20, 2019



OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has upheld the first-degree murder conviction and life without parole prison sentence of a woman convicted in the fatal shooting of her estranged husband.

The court on Thursday rejected appeals by 30-year-old Jasmine Michelle Irvin, who was convicted in the July 2016 shooting death of Robert Godwin in rural Lincoln County.

The court's ruling says Godwin was found with four gunshot wounds to the back. Among other things, the court denied allegations that improper testimony, ineffective counsel and unknowingly waiving the right to a jur...



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