Legal Opinion
Ronald Clark O'Bryan v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 28, 1982No. 82-2422PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Per curiam
Petitioner, Ronald Clark O’Bryan, was convicted of capital murder in Harris County, Texas and sentenced to die. The evidence at trial indicated that he had killed his eight year old son on Halloween by giving him cyanide candy, in order to collect insurance proceeds. Petitioner’s direct appeal was affirmed in an extensive opinion by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in O’Bryan v. State, 591 S.W.2d 464 (Tex.Cr. App.1979), cert. denied, 445 U.S. 988, 100 S.Ct. 2975, 64 L.Ed.2d 846 (1980). His two state court applications for habeas corpus relief were denied on July 31, 1980 and September 1,…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Adams v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- David R. Ruiz, United States of America, Intervenor-Appellee v. W. J. Estelle, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- O'BRYAN v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
- David R. Ruiz, United States of America, Intervenor-Appellee v. W. J. Estelle, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
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3Cited by42 opinions
- Barefoot v. EstelleSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Hilton v. BraunskillSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Michael G. Levine v. Patricia Torvik, Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Intervenor-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1993
- Ronald Clark O'Bryan v. W.J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Byrne v. ButlerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
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