Legal Opinion
Wallace v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided March 27, 1995No. C-91-309PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ON MANDATORY SENTENCE REVIEW, ISSUANCE OF MANDATE, AND SETTING OF EXECUTION DATE
LUMPKIN, Judge:
Appellant George Kent Wallace entered a plea of guilty to two charges of Murder in the First Degree (21 O.S.Supp.1982, § 701.7(A) and 21 O.S.Supp.1989, § 701.7(A) in LeFlore County Cases No. CRF-91-1 and CRF-91-2. The Hon. Ted A. Knight, Associate District Judge, ordered he be sentenced to death by lethal injection on each count.
This case is somewhat unique, in that Appellant presented no defense during his sentencing hearing; and in fact requested the death penalty. In Grasso v. State, 857…
2Cases cited31 opinions
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- Eddings v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Dusky v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Patterson v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- McCleskey v. KempSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
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3Cited by63 opinions
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