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Published June 26, 2008 03:44 pm - Smith parole denied By Krystal J. Carman
The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board has denied parole for David Gordon Smith who is serving a life sentence for the shooting death of Catoosa police chief J.B. Hamby. The board voted unanimously to deny Smith’s parole on Thursday, according to the Rogers County District Attorney’s office. Smith was convicted in 1979 for murdering Hamby on Sept. 1, 1978, during an armed robbery at the Catoosa Tag Office. Smith has said all along, and still maintains he did not shoot Hamby and was forced to take part in the crime by Jackie Ray Young who died at the scene from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Smith blames the murder on Young. Young killed himself shortly after Hamby was shot during the crime. The parole hearing began Tuesday and testifying against Smith’s release were Rogers County District Attorney Gene Haynes and Dave Hamby, brother of the former police chief. Smith was granted a parole hearing more than a year ahead of his already scheduled hearing set for August 2009. A pardon and parole board member requested the early hearing for Smith based on his good behavior while in prison despite the fact that Smith escaped in 1985 and lived outside for eight years before being caught. Smith was sentenced to four years for the escape charge. 
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