Legal Opinion
John Walter Castro, Sr. v. Ron Ward
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided March 2, 1998No. 97-6179PublishedCited by 102 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHEN H. ANDERSON, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner John Walter Castro, Sr. appeals the denial of his petition for a -writ of habeas corpus seeking to overturn his conviction and sentence of death for first degree murder. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
On June 6, 1988, Mr. Castro was arrested for the armed robbery and felony-murder of Rhonda Pappan in Ponca City, Oklahoma. He was placed in the Kay County jail. In August of 1983, Mr. Castro’s cell mate in Kay County, Steven Gregory, told a district attorney investigator that Mr. Castro had drawn a map detailing the location of a body. Gregory later led…
2Cases cited59 opinions
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- Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Arizona v. FulminanteSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
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3Cited by102 opinions
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