CARTWRIGHT v. MAYNARD

No. 86-1231.

822 F.2d 1477 (1987)

William Thomas CARTWRIGHT, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Gary D. MAYNARD, Warden, Oklahoma State Penitentiary at McAlester, Oklahoma, and Robert Henry, successor to Michael C. Turpen, Attorney General of Oklahoma, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

June 22, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mandy Welch, of Payne and Welch, Hugo, Okl., for petitioner-appellant.

David W. Lee (Robert H. Henry, Atty. Gen., with him on briefs), Asst. Atty. Gen., Oklahoma City, Okl., for respondents-appellees.

Before HOLLOWAY, Chief Judge, and BARRETT, MCKAY, LOGAN, SEYMOUR, MOORE, ANDERSON, TACHA and BALDOCK, Circuit Judges.


ON REHEARING EN BANC

TACHA, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner William Thomas Cartwright appeals from the denial of habeas corpus relief by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma. Cartwright was convicted of the murder of Hugh Riddle and sentenced to death following a determination that the murder satisfied two statutory aggravating circumstances and that these aggravating circumstances outweighed the mitigating evidence. Cartwright...

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