# Bland v. State

> Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · June 22, 2007 · 164 P.3d 1076

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9796452

## Case

- **Full name:** Jimmy Dale BLAND, Petitioner v. STATE of Oklahoma, Respondent
- **Court:** Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
- **Decided:** June 22, 2007
- **Citations:** 164 P.3d 1076; 2007 OK CR 25; 2007 Okla. Crim. App. LEXIS 24; 2007 WL 1836851
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Johnson
- **Judges:** Lumpkin, Viee-Presiding, Johnson, Chapel, Lewis
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

C. JOHNSON, Viee-Presiding Judge,
Specially Concurring.
T1 I concur in the result reached by the majority. I write separately to emphasize that Petitioner has not presented any controlling or persuasive legal precedent to support his claim that the execution of a terminally-ill prisoner constitutes cruel or unusual punishment. In my view, Petitioner's situation does not present a legal basis for invalidating his death sentence. Rather, these kinds of cireumstances are more properly considered in the realm of executive clemency.
T2 I am authorized to state that Judge Arlene Johnson joins in this Special Coneur-rence.

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