Legal Opinion

Smallwood v. Gibson

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided September 10, 1999No. 98-6397PublishedCited by 195 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TACHA, Circuit Judge.

Following a jury trial in the Oklahoma County District Court, petitioner Dion A. Smallwood was convicted of First Degree Murder and Third Degree Arson in May of 1993. Mr. Smallwood received a capital sentence for the murder conviction and fifteen years imprisonment and a $10,000 fine for the arson conviction. The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals (“OCCA”) upheld both convictions and sentences. See Smallwood v. State, 907 P.2d 217 (Okla.Crim.App.1995). On November 12, 1996, the United States Supreme Court denied certiorari. See Smallwood v. Oklahoma, 519 U.S. 980, 117…

2Cases cited70 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
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  3. Estelle v. McGuireSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  4. United States v. CronicSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  5. Stone v. PowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1976

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3Cited by195 opinions

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