CASTRO v. STATE

CASTRO v. STATE
1994 OK CR 18
871 P.2d 436
Case Number: PC-93-668
Decided: 03/08/1994
JOHN WALTER CASTRO, SR., PETITIONER, v. THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA, RESPONDENT
Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals

ORDER SETTING EXECUTION DATE

¶1 John Walter Castro, Sr., Petitioner, was convicted of First Degree Murder and sentenced to death in Kay County District Court, Case No. CRF-83-130. This Court affirmed judgment and sentence, and denied post-conviction relief. See, Castro v. State, 745 P.2d 394 (Okl.Cr. 1987), reh'g denied 749 P.2d 1146 (Okl.Cr. 1987), cert. denied, Castro v. Oklahoma 485 U.S. 971, 108 S. Ct. 1248, 99 L. Ed. 2d 446 (1988); Castro v. State, 814 P.2d 158 (Okl.Cr. 1991), cert. denied, Castro v. Oklahoma, ___ U.S. ___, 112 S. Ct. 947, 117 L. Ed. 2d 116 (1992). By companion Order handed down this date, 871 P.2d 433 Petitioner's second application for post-conviction relief is DENIED. Petitioner has exhausted his State remedies.

¶2 Therefore, pursuant to 22 O.S.Supp. 1992 § 1001.1 [22-1001.1], the execution date of John Walter Castro, Sr. shall be set for the 9th day of May, 1994.

¶3 IT IS SO ORDERED.

/s/ Gary L. Lumpkin

GARY L. LUMPKIN,

Presiding Judge

/s/ Charles A. Johnson

CHARLES A. JOHNSON,

Vice Presiding Judge

/s/ James F. Lane

JAMES F. LANE,

Judge

/s/ Charles S. Chapel

CHARLES S. CHAPEL,

Judge

/s/ Reta M. Strubhar

RETA M. STRUBHAR,

Judge