Oklahoma Death Sentence Goes Forward

Ochoa v. Trammell, 2012 WL 5995247 (12/3/12) (Okl.) unpub'd) - The 10th gives the go-ahead to another Oklahoma execution, which was carried out Dec. 4th. The fact that the petitioner was beating on his toilet because he believed it was the source of disembodied voices and shocks all over his body was insufficient to meet a threshold showing that he did not comprehend his execution, especially where there was no expert opinion to that effect.