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Oklahoma City pharmacist Jerome Ersland is charged with first-degree murder in the May 19, 2009 shooting death of a would-be robber. The charge alleges Ersland shot Antwun Parker, 16, while he was incapacitated and lying on his back.

Jerome Ersland, Oklahoma City pharmacist convicted of murder, has fired his attorney

News | Published: Wed, Apr 11, 2012

Oklahoma City pharmacist Jerome Ersland has fired Irven Box, his longtime attorney in his criminal case. Ersland is serving a life sentence for fatally shooting a robber. Box defended him at trial and had begun his appeal.

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Jerome Jay Ersland case timeline

May 19, 2009: Two teenage robbers attempt holdup of Reliable Discount Pharmacy in Oklahoma City. Pharmacist Jerome Jay Ersland kills one. The other flees.

May 27, 2009: Prosecutors charge Ersland with first-degree murder.

May 29, 2009: Prosecutors file a separate first-degree murder charge against two men who planned the robbery and the teenager who ran away. All three later are convicted.

Aug. 31, 2010: Ersland's first trial judge, Tammy Bass-LeSure, takes herself off case after prosecutors question her impartiality.

March 3, 2011: Appeals court refuses to disqualify Ersland's second trial judge, Ray C. Elliott. Defense attorneys complained he would be unfair.