Legal Opinion
Rojem v. Gibson
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided March 30, 2001No. 00-6056, 00-6060PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BALDOCK, Circuit Judge.
Richard Norman Rojem was convicted of the first degree rape, kidnaping and murder of seven-year-old Layla Dawn Cummings, his former step-daughter. He received the death penalty for the murder and one thousand years’ imprisonment for both the kidnaping and rape. The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed on direct appeal, Rojem v. State, 753 P.2d 359 (Okla.Crim.App.), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 900, 109 S.Ct. 249, 102 L.Ed.2d 238 (1988), and denied post-conviction relief, Rojem v. State, 829 P.2d 683 (Okla.Crim.App.), ce rt. denied, 506 U.S. 958, 113 S.Ct. 420, 121…
2Cases cited40 opinions
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- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
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3Cited by43 opinions
- United States v. Rodriguez-FelixCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2006
- Jay Wesley Neill v. Gary Gibson, Warden, Oklahoma State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2001
- Littlejohn v. TrammellCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2013
- Monroe v. AngeloneCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2003
- Hawkins v. GibsonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2002
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