JONES v. HESS

No. 80-2214.

681 F.2d 688 (1982)

Edwin Edgar JONES, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Norman HESS and the State of Oklahoma, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

June 1, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Mitchell, Oklahoma City, Okl., for petitioner-appellant.

David W. Lee, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chief, Crim. Div., Oklahoma City, Okl. (Jan Eric Cartwright, Atty. Gen. of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Okl., was also on the brief), for respondents-appellees.

Before HOLLOWAY, DOYLE, and SEYMOUR, Circuit Judges.


HOLLOWAY, Circuit Judge.

In August 1971, petitioner-appellant Jones was convicted by a jury on two counts of murder and one count of shooting with intent to kill.1 In accordance with the jury's verdict and sentencing determination, the District Court of Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, entered judgment and sentenced Jones to two terms of life imprisonment on the murder counts and a term of 20 years' imprisonment on the count of shooting with...

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