Court Opinion

ID: 9835244
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-02 02:15:38.452251+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:45:00.122332
License: Public Domain

HUDSON, JUDGE:
SPECIALLY CONCUR
¶ 1 The State seeks clarification regarding whether Accessory to First Degree Felony Murder is a legally recognized lesser included offense of First Degree Felony Murder. The question posed, however, is an elusive one in which a definitive legal answer cannot be provided. As the majority aptly observes, resolution of this issue hinges upon the prima facie evidence presented at trial of the purported lesser included offense. Davis v. State, 2011 OK CR 29, ¶ 101, 268 P.3d 86, 116. The pivotal question being whether evidence was presented that “would allow a jury rationally to find the accused guilty of the lesser offense and acquit him of the greater.” Id. Resolution of this issue will always be fact dependent, and hence, must be decided on a ease by case basis. Therefore, as further examination of this issue in the present matter will not provide the State the conclusive answer it seeks, I concur.