Legal Opinion
Fairchild v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided August 20, 1998No. F-96-121PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Per curiam
¶ 1 Richard Stephen Fairchild was tried by jury and convicted of Child-Abuse Murder in the First Degree, 21 O.S.1991, § 701(C), in Oklahoma County District Court Case No. CF-93-7103. The jury found one aggravating circumstance in the second stage, that the murder was especially heinous, atrocious or cruel, and set punishment at death. The Honorable Major Wilson, District Judge, imposed the death sentence. The Appellant is before the Court on original appeal.
¶ 2 Three-year-old Adam Broomhall died as a result of brain damage caused when he was thrown against a table by his mother’s boyfriend,…
2Cases cited41 opinions
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- Lowenfield v. PhelpsSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Cooper v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
- Cabana v. BullockSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Fairchild v. WorkmanCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2009
- Bryson v. WardCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1999
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- Fairchild v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1999
- Bryson v. WardCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1999
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