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Tulsa Man Sentenced to 210 Months in Federal Prison for Strangling Wife
A Tulsa man who strangled and killed his wife in 2019 was sentenced today in federal court, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
Brandon Smith, 38, was sentenced to 210 months in federal prison for the murder of Cynthia Mayfield. Following his prison sentence, Smith will spend five years on supervised release.
According to evidence presented at the sentencing, Mayfield was about to leave the abusive relationship and move back to her home state of California, but Smith killed her before she was able to flee.
In a statement to the court, the victim’s daughter told the judge that her mother and the defendant slept in separate rooms the last few years, but the rooms were not equal. The victim was forced to sleep in a room with no doors and no bed, while the defendant slept in a room with a door, a television, and a queen-size bed.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Ross Lenhardt presented evidence that showed the defendant was a long-time drug user. Smith regularly abused heroin, cocaine, mushrooms, marijuana, LSD, methamphetamine, and alcohol. Lenhardt further put into the record sexually suggestive text messages that were sent by the defendant to a minor.
Smith is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, and the crime occurred at the couple’s home within the boundaries of the Muscogee Nation reservation. Smith remains in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service until transfer to a U.S. Bureau of Prisons facility.
The FBI and Tulsa Police Department conducted the investigation, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Ross E. Lenhardt prosecuted the case. Lenhardt volunteered to assist prosecution efforts here in the Northern District of Oklahoma due to increased jurisdictional responsibilities regarding crimes involving Native American victims or defendants and that occur within the Muscogee Nation and Cherokee Nation Reservations.
Key Facts
- State: Oklahoma
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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