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COLEMAN v. BROWN

No. 85-1094.

802 F.2d 1227 (1986)

Charles Troy COLEMAN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. John N. BROWN, Warden, Oklahoma State Penitentiary at McAlester, Oklahoma; Larry Meachum, Director, Department of Corrections, State of Oklahoma; and the Attorney General of the State of Oklahoma, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

September 30, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward L. Munson, Tahlequah, Okl., for petitioner-appellant.

David W. Lee, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chief, Criminal & Federal Divisions (Michael C. Turpen, Atty. Gen. of Oklahoma, Robert A. Nance, Deputy Chief, Federal Div., Hugh A. Manning, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Susan Stewart Dickerson, Asst. Atty. Gen., with him on the briefs), Oklahoma City, Okl. for respondents-appellees.

Before HOLLOWAY, Chief Judge, and LOGAN and SEYMOUR, Circuit Judges.

LOGAN, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner, Charles Troy Coleman, appeals from the district court's denial of his application for a writ of habeas corpus and his motions for a stay of execution and an evidentiary hearing.

The issues on appeal are (1) whether prospective jurors for Coleman's trial were excused for cause improperly because of their opposition to the death penalty; (2) whether the exclusion of prospective jurors opposed to the death penalty from the guilt...

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