Legal Opinion
Robert L. Twyman v. State of Oklahoma and Richard A. Crisp
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided August 17, 1977No. 77-1089PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Per curiam
Appellant Twyman is an inmate at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary as a result of his 1978 murder conviction and resulting sentence to life imprisonment. Conviction and sentence were affirmed on appeal to the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals. Twyman v. State, 521 P.2d 90 (Okl.Cr.1974). State post-conviction proceedings were unsuccessful.
Twyman now seeks federal habeas corpus relief alleging that federal constitutional error was committed when the prosecutor cross-examined Twyman regarding: 1) pri- or misdemeanor convictions which Twyman claims are constitutionally invalid for the reason that…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Harrington v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by13 opinions
- United States v. Patrick C. Remigio, A/K/A Joe CuervoCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1985
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- Glenn Charles v. Charles Anderson, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1980
- Nelson v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1980
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