Darks v. State

ORDER GRANTING REQUEST TO APPEAR PRO HAC VICE; OPINION DENYING APPLICATION FOR POST-CONVICTION RELIEF AND REQUESTS FOR DISCOVERY AND FOR EVIDENTIARY HEARING

JOHNSON, Judge:

¶ 1 Tyrone Peter Darks, hereinafter “Petitioner,” was tried and convicted by jury of the crime of Murder in the First Degree, malice aforethought, in Case No. CF-94-1024 in the District Court of Cleveland County before the Honorable William C. Hether-ington, Jr., District Judge. The jury found one aggravating circumstance: that Petitioner would constitute a continuing threat to society. The trial judge sentenced Petitioner…