Legal Opinion

Johnson v. Mullin

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided October 26, 2007No. 06-6260PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BRISCOE, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner Robert Grady Johnson, an Oklahoma state prisoner convicted of murdering four people during the course of a bank robbery and sentenced to consecutive terms of life imprisonment without parole, appeals from the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for federal habeas relief. We exercise jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and affirm.

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Factual background

On the afternoon of December 14, 1984, a robbery occurred at the First Bank of Chattanooga in Gerónimo, Oklahoma. During the course of the robbery, three bank employees were forced into a…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Estelle v. McGuireSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  3. Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  4. Napue v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
  5. Darden v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1986

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Byrd v. WorkmanCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2011
  2. Gonzales v. TafoyaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2008
  3. United States v. Ramos-CarrilloCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2013
  4. Spradling v. AddisonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2010
  5. Thompson v. SirmonsDistrict Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 2008

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