Legal Opinion
Hooks v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided September 18, 1995No. PC-94-1347PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AFFIRMING DENIAL OF POST-CONVICTION RELIEF
CHAPEL, Vice Presiding Judge.
Victor Wayne Hooks was tried by a jury and convicted of First Degree Malice Aforethought Murder for the death of Shalimein Blaine (21 O.S.Supp.1982, § 701.7), and First Degree Manslaughter for the death of her unborn fetus (21 O.S.1981, § 713), in the District Court of Oklahoma County, Case No. CRF-88-5642. After finding that Shalimein Blaine’s murder was heinous, atrocious or cruel, that Hooks constituted a continuing threat to society, and that Hooks had a prior violent felony conviction, the jury sentenced him…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Evitts v. LuceySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- United States v. George Don GallowayCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1995
- Mann v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Hooks v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1993
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3Cited by50 opinions
- Hooks v. WorkmanCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2012
- Hooks v. WardCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1999
- Smallwood v. GibsonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1999
- Walker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1997
- Mitchell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1997
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