Legal Opinion
Carter v. State
Utah Supreme Court
Decided October 5, 2012No. 20090432PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Justice DURHAM,
opinion of the Court:
INTRODUCTION
1 1 In 1985, Douglas Carter was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to death. He now appeals the district court's dismissal of his successive postconviction petition for relief. We affirm the dismissal.
BACKGROUND
12 In February 1985, Eva Oleson was found murdered in her home in Provo. Police eventually identified Carter as a suspect. In April of that year, he was arrested and charged with first degree murder in Nashville, Tennessee, then extradited to Utah. In *544December, he was convicted and sentenced to death.1
13 Carter appealed to…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Rhines v. WeberSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
- Yarborough v. GentrySupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- State v. CarterUtah Supreme Court · 1989
- Menzies v. GaletkaUtah Supreme Court · 2006
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Menzies v. StateUtah Supreme Court · 2014
- State v. GriffinUtah Supreme Court · 2016
- Carter v. BigelowCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2015
- State v. ClarkCourt of Appeals of Utah · 2014
- State v. MitchellCourt of Appeals of Utah · 2013
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