Teen withdraws request to take back plea in murder, rape case

TULSA — There’s another turn of events in the murder a rape case involving 17-year-old Deonte Green.

Green is charged with murder, rape and other felonies following a 2017 string of crimes in Tulsa.

The teenager pleaded guilty March 13 to first-degree murder and 19 other counts in a blind plea, meaning it was entered without a sentencing agreement with prosecutors.

Attorneys for Green later filed to withdraw the pleas, arguing in part that Green didn't know what the word "guilty" meant.

Green withdrew that request during a court hearing Thursday.

Green was 16 when he was accused of killing Broken Arrow middle school teacher Shane Anderson and raping an 81-year-old woman in a separate incident.

He faces a possible sentence of life in prison when he's sentenced in July.