Legal Opinion
James Richard Ellis v. State of Oklahoma and Warden Ray H. Page
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided October 5, 1970No. 12-70_1PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HILL, Circuit Judge.
Appellant is currently serving a life sentence imposed after a jury found him guilty of first degree murder. This appeal is taken from denial of Ellis’ petition for a writ of habeas corpus, without a hearing. The substance of the petition, and this appeal, is an alleged denial of Fourteenth Amendment rights springing from a juror’s outside communication with a third party during appellant’s 1963 trial.
After conviction and sentencing no appeal was taken to the state appellate court. In 1965, Ellis petitioned the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals for a writ of habeas corpus…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Thomas Lorenzo Williams v. Dr. George Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
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3Cited by66 opinions
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