Legal Opinion
Castro v. Oklahoma
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided December 4, 1995No. 94-6430PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN P. MOORE, Circuit Judge.
John Walter Castro, Sr. was found guilty by a jury in Kay County, Oklahoma, on April 17, 1984, of armed robbery and felony-murder. He received sentences of death for the felony-murder and life imprisonment for the armed robbery. Mr. Castro’s direct appeal and state post-conviction review of his felony-murder conviction and death sentence were *1505denied by the Oklahoma courts.1 Mr. Castro filed a 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for habeas corpus in which he raised thirteen claims for relief and requested an evidentiary hearing. The district court considered Mr. Castro’s…
2Cases cited40 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Brecht v. AbrahamsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Teague v. LaneSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
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3Cited by34 opinions
- Surinder Bains v. Gomez, Director, Steve Cambra James H.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000
- John Walter Castro, Sr. v. Ron WardCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1998
- Timothy Scott Sherman v. William L. Smith, Warden, Maryland House of Correction-Annex John Joseph Curran, Attorney General for the State of MarylandCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1996
- Gary Alan Walker v. Attorney General for the State of Oklahoma Ron WardCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1999
- Lockett v. WorkmanCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2013
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