Date: 10-29-2024

Case Style:

United States of America v. Jerry Lee Matlock, Jr.

Case Number: 21, CR-322

Judge: John C. Coughenour

Court: The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma (Muskogee County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: The United States Attorney’s Office in Muskogee

Defendant's Attorney:

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Description:

Muskogee, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Murder And Federal Firearms Offense
Stilwell Resident Sentenced To 24 Years For Murder And Federal Firearms Offense

Jerry Lee Matlock, Jr., age 41, of Stilwell, Oklahoma, was charged with one count of Second Degree Murder in Indian Country and one count of Use, Carry, Brandish and Discharge of a Firearm During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence.

The charges arose from an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Adair County Sheriff’s Office, and the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation.

On February 12, 2024, Matlock pleaded guilty to the charges. According to investigators, on the evening of September 14, 2021, Matlock intentionally fired his rifle at an individual from inside a pickup truck, then drove from the scene of the crime. Adair County deputies responding to a shooting discovered a Stilwell resident deceased from a gunshot wound to the chest. Law enforcement apprehended Matlock less than a mile away, parked in his pickup truck, with a Remington 700 bolt action rifle and ammunition. The crimes occurred in Adair County, within the boundaries of the Cherokee Nation Reservation, in the Eastern District of Oklahoma.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Kevin Gross represented the United States.

Outcome:

Defendant was found guilty and sentenced to 288 months in prison.

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