Court Opinion

ID: 9786950
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 00:06:19.612151+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:36:50.461561
License: Public Domain

LUMPKIN, Y.P.J.,
Concur in Result.
¶ 1 I agree Appellant is eligible for prosecution, but I cannot agree with the Court’s statutory interpretation. “[HJighly unlikely the Legislature intended that result” is not a legal standard.
¶ 2 In this case, there is no legislative history, so we are bound only to apply the plain language of the statute. That being so, the use of 10 O.S.2001, § 7102(A)(1) is proper for interpreting the statutory language.
¶ 3 I would also note that the opinion misstates the specific holding of Rea v. State, 2001 OK CR 28, ¶ 5, 34 P.3d 148, 149, by use of a paraphrase. Nevertheless, this Court has repeatedly and clearly stated that we do not conduct “proportionality review.”