Legal Opinion
Hooks v. Workman
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided August 3, 2012No. 03-6049, 10-6076PublishedCited by 236 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLMES, Circuit Judge.
In this consolidated appeal, Victor Wayne Hooks, an Oklahoma state prisoner facing the death penalty, appeals two orders of the district court denying him habeas relief. He seeks relief on three alternative grounds: (1) he is mentally retarded1 and thus categorically ineligible for the death penalty; (2) aspects of his mental-retardation trial (“Atkins trial”) denied him his Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights to due process and a fair trial; and (3) his counsel was ineffective during both the guilt and sentencing phases of his original trial. Grounds 1 and 2 arise in…
2Cases cited156 opinions
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3Cited by236 opinions
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