Cases

Ct. Civ. App. Okla. Certiorari denied.

Ct. Crim. App. Okla. Certiorari denied.

Ct. Crim. App. Okla. Certiorari denied.

*83Chief Justice Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the Court. During the selection of the jury in his capital murder trial, petitioner Bobby Lynn Ross resorted to one of his peremptory challenges to remove a juror whom the trial court should have excused for cause under Witherspoon v. Illinois, 391 U. S. 510 (1968). He claims that becau

Ct. Crim. App. Okla. Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Certiorari granted limited to Question I presented by the petition.

Ct. Crim. App. Okla. Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Certiorari granted limited to Question I presented by the petition.

PAUL KELLY, Jr., Circuit Judge. Petitioner Bobby Lynn Ross, an Oklahoma state prisoner sentenced to death, appeals from the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Our jurisdiction arises under 28 U.S.C. § 2253, and we affirm. Background In the early morning hours of January 5, 1983, Mr. Ross and another man rob

BRORBY, Circuit Judge. The Government of Northern Ireland, United Kingdom issued warrants for the arrest of Appellant, George Finbar Ross, for forty-one charged offenses stemming from Mr. Ross’ alleged involvement in a fraudulent investment scheme. The United States subsequently arrested Mr. Ross pursuant to an extradition treaty existing between the United States and the United

RAPP, Presiding Judge: T1 The trial court plaintiffs, Pacificare of Oklahoma and Community Care Health Maintenance Organization, Inc. (collectively, HMO), appeal the decision in favor of the trial court defendants issued in a declaratory judgment action filed against several state agencies and individuals in their official capacities. The state agencies, which are trial court defendants, consist of Oklahoma Health Care Authority (

TACHA, Chief Circuit Judge. On May 31, 1921, and following into the next day, violent attacks destroyed the African-American community of Greenwood, Oklahoma. An angry white mob converged on Greenwood in a devastating assault, burning homes and businesses, killing up to three hundred people, and leaving thousands homeless. In February 2003, Plaintiffs-Appellants, all Riot survivors or descendants of survivors, filed suit a

LUCERO, Circuit Judge, dissenting, with whom SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge, joins. No case in my tenure on the court could be more compellingly described as meeting the Rule 35 en banc standard of presenting a “question of exceptional importance” deserving the attention of the entire court than this. In one of the more shameful events in our nation’s history, over two hundred African-Americans were slaughtered and a

19 P.3d 268 (2000) 2000 OK 70 The STATE of Oklahoma, ex rel., Moshe TAL, resident taxpayer of The City of Oklahoma City; and Taxpayers Against Ripoffs ("T.A.R."), an association of more than ten resident taxpayers of the City of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The CITY OF OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, a municipal corporation; Ronald J. Norick, in his personal and official capacity as the former Mayor of the C

872 P.2d 940 (1994) Bobby Lynn ROSS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Oklahoma, Appellee. No. PC-93-87. Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma. April 6, 1994. ORDER DENYING APPLICATION FOR POST CONVICTION RELIEF AND AFFIRMING DEATH SENTENCE Bobby Lynn Ross, Petitioner, has appealed from the denial of post-conviction relief by the District C

829 P.2d 58 (1992) Claude Wayne ROSS, Appellant, v. STATE of Oklahoma, Appellee. No. F-87-429. Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma. March 25, 1992. Lee Ann Jones Peters, Oklahoma City, for appellant. Robert H. Henry, Atty. Gen., Diane L. Slayton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Oklahoma City, for appellee. *59 OPINION

HODGES, Justice. The issue in this case is dispositive: whether Appellant is a “person deeming himself aggrieved” under section 20 of article IX of the OHahoma Constitution and thus has standing to bring this appeal from an order of the OHahoma Corporation Commission (Commission). We answer in the negative. I. FACTS This is an appeal by OHahoma Electric Cooperative (OEC) from Order No.

66 P.3d 432 (2003) 2003 OK 29 STATE of Oklahoma ex rel. Margaret B. FENT and Jerry R. Fent, as State of Oklahoma resident taxpayers, Plaintiffs/Appellants, v. STATE of Oklahoma ex rel. OKLAHOMA WATER RESOURCES BOARD; State of Oklahoma ex rel. Water Conservation Storage Commission; and J. Ross Kirtley, Richard McDonald, Dick Seybolt, Lonnie Farmer, Grady Grandstaff, Ervin Mitchell, Bill Secrest, Richard Sevenoaks, and Wende

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS No. 125,274 RODNEY L. ROSS and TONDA R. ROSS; RODNEY L. ROSS, as Trustee of CAROL J. ROSS REVOCABLE TRUST; RODNEY L. ROSS, as Trustee of MAYNARD O. ROSS REVOCABLE TRUST; and LAURA E. FIELD, as Trustee of LAURA E. FIELD TRUST NO. 1, Appellees, v. NORM

[1] The appellant, Randal Dean Ross, was convicted of the Offense of Operating a Motor Vehicle While Under the Influence of Intoxicating Liquor, Second and Subsequent Offense, in the District Court of Payne County, Oklahoma, Case No. CRF-82-530. He was sentenced to imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for eighteen (18) months, and a fine of One Thousand ($1,000) Dollars. We affirm. [2] The facts in this case reveal that appellant was stopped by Stillwater police in the early

[1] OPINION [2] The appellant, Stephen D. Ross, was convicted in the District Court of Comanche County, Case No. CRF-83-208, of the crime of Robbery in the First Degree, was sentenced to eight years' imprisonment, and he appeals raising two assignments of error. [3] After leaving a bar in Lawton, Oklahoma, early on the morning of March 25, 1983, William Winkleman was pushed down on the sidewalk by the appellant. His accomplice, Xavier Bush then

717 P.2d 117 (1986) Bobby Lynn ROSS, Appellant, v. STATE of Oklahoma, Appellee. No. F-83-780. Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma. April 4, 1986. Rehearing Denied April 28, 1986. Thomas G. Smith, Asst. Appellant Public Defender, Norman, for appellant. *119 Michael C. Turpen, Atty. Gen., Mary F. Williams,