Legal Opinion

Grissom v. Carpenter

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided August 31, 2018No. 16-6271PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BRISCOE, Circuit Judge.

*1268Petitioner Wendell Grissom, with the assistance of a man he had just met, randomly selected a rural Oklahoma home to burglarize. Upon realizing that the home was occupied by two women and two minor children, Grissom shot his way into the home, then killed one woman and seriously injured the other. After the injured woman was able to escape in Grissom's own vehicle, Grissom and his accomplice fled on a stolen all-terrain vehicle. Grissom and his accomplice were arrested shortly thereafter.

Grissom was tried and convicted in Oklahoma state court of first degree murder,…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Cupp v. NaughtenSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  3. Beck v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  4. Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  5. Wong v. BelmontesSupreme Court of the United States · 2009

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Simpson v. CarpenterCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2018
  2. Harris v. SharpCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2019
  3. Malone v. CarpenterCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2018
  4. Gravitt v. AllbaughDistrict Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 2020
  5. Simpson v. CarpenterCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2018

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