WOOD v. MILYARD

No. 09-1348.

721 F.3d 1190 (2013)

Patrick WOOD, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Kevin MILYARD, Warden, Sterling Correctional Facility; The Attorney General of the State of Colorado, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

July 8, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen A. Lord of Lord Law Firm, LLC, Denver, CO, for Petitioner-Appellant.

John J. Fuerst III , Senior Assistant Attorney General, State of Colorado, Denver, CO, ( John W. Suthers , Attorney General, with him on the brief), for Respondents-Appellees.

Before HARTZ, BALDOCK, and GORSUCH, Circuit Judges.


GORSUCH, Circuit Judge.

Patrick Wood's case has labored its way through the state court system, through the lower federal courts, all the way to the United States Supreme Court — and back again — for the better part of three decades. Today, we take one step closer to a final resolution.

Twenty-seven years ago Mr. Wood entered a pizza delivery store to commit a robbery. It ended badly: he wound up shooting and killing the assistant manager. As...

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