IDABEL – Attorney General Mike Hunter today announced a jury has convicted Ernest Lewis of first-degree murder and has been sentenced to life in prison for the 1984 murder of a co-worker.
Jurors only took 45 minutes to deliberate before reaching the unanimous verdict.
Lewis was originally charged in 1984 in the shooting death of Johnny Smith at the K.C.S. Lumber Company in Idabel. The case was later dismissed because of lack of evidence. With no additional leads, the case went cold.