Legal Opinion
Hooker v. Mullin
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided June 21, 2002No. 00-6181, 00-6186PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRORBY, Senior Circuit Judge.
An Oklahoma jury convicted John Michael Hooker for the first degree murders of his common-law wife, Sylvia Stokes, and her mother, Drucilla Morgan. In accordance with the verdict, the Oklahoma district court sentenced him to death. He appeals the denial of his federal habeas corpus petition seeking to overturn those convictions and sentences. Exercising jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1291 and 2253(c), we affirm the district court’s denial of habeas corpus relief. 1
BACKGROUND
The facts were well-summarized by the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals in…
2Cases cited37 opinions
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- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Estelle v. McGuireSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
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- Kimmelman v. MorrisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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3Cited by20 opinions
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- Reed v. QuartermanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2007
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