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CASTRO v. WARD

No. 97-6179.

138 F.3d 810 (1998)

John Walter CASTRO, Sr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. Ron WARD, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Decided March 2, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Wade Jackson (Steven M. Presson, with him on the briefs), Jackson & Presson, P.C., Norman, OK, for Petitioner-Appellant.

William L. Humes, Assistant Attorney General (W.A. Drew Edmondson, Attorney General of Oklahoma, with him on the brief), Oklahoma City, OK, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before PORFILIO, ANDERSON, and BALDOCK, Circuit Judges.

STEPHEN H. ANDERSON, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner John Walter Castro, Sr. appeals the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus seeking to overturn his conviction and sentence of death for first degree murder. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

On June 6, 1983, Mr. Castro was arrested for the armed robbery and felony-murder of Rhonda Pappan in Ponca City, Oklahoma. He was placed in the Kay County jail. In August of 1983, Mr. Castro's cell mate in Kay County...

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