Legal Opinion
Sellers v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided February 7, 1995No. PC-93-711PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AFFIRMING DENIAL OF POST-CONVICTION RELIEF
CHAPEL, Vice Presiding Judge.
Sean Richard Sellers was tried by a jury and convicted on three counts of First Degree Malice Aforethought Murder in violation of 21 O.S.Supp.1982, § 701.7, in the District Court of Oklahoma County, Case Nos. CRF-86-1231 and CRF-86-1232. The State filed a Bill of Particulars seeking the death penalty in both cases. In Case No. CRF-86-1231, which involved a single homicide, the State alleged two aggravating circumstances in support of the death penalty: that the killing was especially heinous, atrocious or cruel;…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Ake v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1992
- Thomas v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1994
- Castro v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1994
4 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by16 opinions
- Sean Richard Sellers v. Ronald Ward, Warden of the Oklahoma State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1998
- State v. LaffertyUtah Supreme Court · 2001
- Berget v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1995
- Hooks v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1995
- Roberts v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1996
11 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.