IRVIN

v.

KENTUCKY

Citator

Cited By

• O'Dell v. Netherland, 521 U.S. 151 (U.S. 1997)
  …ce. O'Dell v. Commonwealth, 234 Va. 672, 364 S. E. 2d 491 (1988). We denied cer-tiorari. O'Dell v. Virginia, 488 U. S. 871 (1988). Petitioner’s efforts at state habeas relief were unsuccessful, and we again denied certiorari. O'Dell v. Thompson, 502 U. S. 995 (1991). [*155] Petitioner then filed a federal habeas claim. He contended, inter alia, that newly obtained DNA evidence established that he was actually innocent, and that his death sentence was faulty because he had been prevented from informing th…
• Ramdass v. Angelone, 530 U.S. 156 (U.S. 2000)
  …at were given. Other "Virginia capital defendants in Ramdass’ position had been raising the issue at trial, despite existing Virginia law to the contrary. E.g., Mickens v. Commonwealth, 249 Va. 423, 424, 457 S. E. 2d 9,10 (1995); O’Dell v. Thompson, 502 U. S. 995, 996-997, n. 3 (1991) (Blaekmun, J., respecting denial of certiorari); Mueller v. Commonwealth, 244 Va. 386,408-409, 422 S. E. 2d 380, 394 (1992); Eaton v. Commonwealth, 240 Va. 236, 244, 397 S. E. 2d 385, 390 (1990). From the State Supreme Court’s…