Legal Opinion
Spears v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided July 14, 1995No. F-91-376PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
STRUBHAR, Judge:
Brian Spears, Appellant, was tried by jury in the District Court of Garvin County, Case No. CRF-90-191, before the Honorable J. Kenneth Love, District Judge. 1 Spears was convicted of Murder in the first degree (21 O.S.Supp.1989, § 701.7). The jury found two (2) aggravating circumstances 2 and recommended death. The trial court sentenced Spears accordingly. From this Judgment and Sentence, he appeals. We affirm.
FACTS
On the evening of September 21, 1990, Jimmy Dewayne Thompson, Vickie Hensley and Spears met to go “ride around” Pauls Valley. They were soon joined by…
2Cases cited74 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Lockhart v. FretwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Payne v. TennesseeSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Enmund v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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3Cited by77 opinions
- Thomas v. GibsonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2000
- Moore v. ReynoldsCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1998
- Spears v. MullinCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2003
- Hung Thanh Le v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1997
- Ledbetter v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1997
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