Court Opinion

ID: 9630414
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 10:10:42.205275+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:07:38.266485
License: Public Domain

LUMPKIN, Judge,
concurring in part, dissenting in part.
I concur in the Court’s decision affirming Appellant’s conviction and sentence. However, I dissent to the remand for further consideration for the same reason I expressed in Walker v. State, 780 P.2d 1181 (Okl.Cr.1989). Title 22 O.S.1981, § 1066 grants this Court the authority to modify, reverse or affirm the judgment appealed from, and if necessary or proper, order a new trial. The only reconsideration option available to the trial court is set forth in 22. O.S.1981, § 994 which provides that the judgment and sentence of any criminal conviction may be suspended by the court in which the defendant was originally convicted when it has been affirmed in whole or in part on appeal. Based upon the fact Appellant has five prior felony convictions, only 22 O.S.1981, § 1085 of the Post Conviction Relief Act authorizes the remedy suggested by the Court in this type of non-capital case. Section 1085 states in pertinent part that “If the court finds in favor of the applicant, it shall vacate and set aside the *86judgment and sentence, and discharge or resentence him, or grant a new trial, or correct or modify the judgment and sentence as may appear appropriate.” An application for relief under this statute is commenced by filing a verified application with the clerk of the' district court imposing judgment.