Oklahoma Court Dismisses Appeal of Warden’s Wife

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – An Oklahoma appeals court has dismissed an appeal from the wife of a former prison warden who was convicted of helping a convicted killer escape. The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals took the action in the case of Bobbi Parker, who was captured in East Texas. Parker served about half of a 1-year sentence she received after she was convicted of helping Randolph Franklin Dial escape from the Oklahoma State Reformatory more than 17 years ago. The court dismissed Parker’s appeal and rejected a request for more time to purchase a transcript of her four-month trial in Greer County. The estimated cost of the transcript is more than $100,000. Defense attorney Garvin Isaacs says Parker is indigent and can’t afford the cost. Isaacs says he will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to look at the issue.