Legal Opinion
Ellis v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided June 25, 1997No. PC-95-786PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION DENYING POST-CONVICTION RELIEF
JOHNSON, Judge:
Petitioner, Cyril Wayne Ellis, was convicted of the murders of Carl Lake, James Rider and Teresa Thomas and sentenced to three death sentences. Petitioner was also convicted of four (4) counts of shooting with intent to kill and received sentences of 3,000 years, 2,000 years, 1,000 years and 1,000 years. *529This Court upheld the finding of two aggravating circumstances: 1) that Petitioner knowingly created a great risk of death to more than one person; and 2) that there existed a probability that Petitioner would commit criminal acts of…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Lotus Development Corp. v. Borland International, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1996
- Castro v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1994
- Fowler v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1994
- Valdez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1997
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Pavatt v. CarpenterCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2019
- Ellis v. MullinCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2002
- Ellis v. MullinCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2002
- Ellis v. WardCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 2000
- CYRIL WAYNE ELLIS, — v. MIKE MULLIN, WARDEN, OKLAHOMA STATE PENITENTIARY, —Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2003
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