(DOWNLOAD) "Smallwood V. Gibson" by Tenth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals * Book PDF Kindle ePub Free

eBook details

Title: Smallwood V. Gibson
Author : Tenth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
Release Date : January 10, 1999
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 71 KB

Description

Following a jury trial in the Oklahoma County District Court, petitioner Dion A. Smallwood was convicted of First Degree Murder and Third Degree Arson in May of 1993. Mr. Smallwood received a capital sentence for the murder conviction and fifteen years imprisonment and a $10,000 fine for the arson conviction. The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals ("OCCA") upheld both convictions and sentences. See Smallwood v. State, 907 P.2d 217 (Okla. Crim. App. 1995). On November 12, 1996, the United States Supreme Court denied certiorari. See Smallwood v. Oklahoma, 519 U.S. 980 (1996). Mr. Smallwood filed an application for post-conviction relief with the OCCA on December 9, 1996. The OCCA denied Mr. Smallwood's application on April 15, 1997. See Smallwood v. State, 937 P.2d 111 (Okla. Crim. App. 1997). On February 17, 1998, Mr. Smallwood filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, asserting twenty-six grounds for relief from his state convictions and sentences. The district court denied Mr. Smallwood's habeas petition on August 4, 1998, and it granted a certificate of appealability for all issues raised on appeal.