Legal Opinion
Spears v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided September 12, 1996No. PC-96-800PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION DENYING POST-CONVICTION RELIEF
STRUBHAR, Judge:
Brian Spears, Petitioner, was tried by jury in the District Court of Garvin County, Case No. CRF-90-191, before the Honorable J. Kenneth Love, District Judge. 1 Spears was convicted of Murder in the first degree (21 O.S.Supp.1989, § 701.7) for the death of Jimmy Dewayne Thompson. 2 The jury found two (2) aggravating circumstances 3 and recommended death. The trial court sentenced Spears accordingly. Spears’ Judgment and Sentence was affirmed by this Court in Spears v. State, 900 P.2d 431 (Okl.Cr.1995). No Petition for Rehearing was filed.…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- United States v. George Don GallowayCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1995
- Mitchell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1994
- Spears v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1995
- Berget v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1995
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Walker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1997
- Spears v. MullinCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2003
- Spears v. MullinCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2003
- Walker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1997