Legal Opinion
State v. Sowell
Ohio Court of Appeals
Decided June 26, 1991No. C-900413PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Per curiam
Petitioner-appellant Billy Joe Sowell has taken the instant appeal from the entry of summary judgment in favor of the state on his petition for postconviction relief. On appeal, Sowell advances seven assignments of error.
The genesis of this action was Sowell’s indictihent in 1983 on charges of aggravated murder and attempted aggravated murder in connection with the death of Calvert Graham and the shooting of Pamela Billups. Sowell waived his right to a jury trial, electing instead to be tried to a three-judge panel. The panel found Sowell guilty as charged, and imposed, with respect to the…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States v. BagleySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- State v. BradleyOhio Supreme Court · 1989
- Caldwell v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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3Cited by23 opinions
- State v. GummOhio Supreme Court · 1995
- Jells v. MitchellCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2008
- Antonio Franklin v. Charlotte JenkinsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2016
- Dennis McGuire v. Warden, Chillicothe Correctional Inst.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2013
- Billy Joe Sowell v. Margaret Bradshaw, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2004
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