Legal Opinion
James v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided September 26, 1991No. PC-88-1053PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION DENYING POST-CONVICTION RELIEF
LUMPKIN, Vice Presiding Judge.
Petitioner has appealed to this Court from an order of the District Court of Muskogee County. denying his application for post-conviction relief in Case No. CRF 83-64. Petitioner raises five allegations of error: 1) the jury was not properly instructed as to the aggravating circumstance that the murder was especially heinous, atrocious and cruel; 2) the failure to receive the proper instruction necessitates a modification of his death sentence to life imprisonment; 3) insufficient evidence to support the aggravating…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- James v. GibsonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2000
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