Tulsa teenager to face first-degree murder trial as adult

 
BY BILL BRAUN - Tulsa World
Published: November 30, 2009

A Tulsa County judge has scheduled a Feb. 8 jury trial for a 15-year-old Tulsan who is accused of murdering a man who died more than two months after being shot. District Judge Carlos Chappelle on Monday denied a defense request to dismiss the first-degree murder charge against Kurtis T. Johnson in the death of Rodney Hackett , 42, of Tulsa . Johnson was 14 years old when Hackett was shot in the abdomen while in...

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