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.
Green withdrew that request during a court hearing Thursday.
Attorneys for Green later filed to withdraw the pleas, arguing in part that Green didn't know what the word "guilty" meant.
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.