Hooks v. Ward
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
EBEL, delivered the opinion of the court except as to part III.C.
EBEL, Circuit Judge
In May 1989, an Oklahoma jury convicted Victor Wayne Hooks of first degree murder and first degree manslaughter for beating to death, respectively, his common-law wife and the 24-week-old fetus she was carrying. After a one-day sentencing hearing, Hooks was sentenced to death on the murder conviction and to 500 years’ imprisonment on the manslaughter conviction. On December 2, 1996, after direct and collateral appeals in the Oklahoma courts, Hooks filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the United States…
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