ROSS v. WARD

No. 97-6432.

165 F.3d 793 (1999)

Bobby Lynn ROSS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Ron WARD, Warden, Oklahoma State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

January 12, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Autry, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Sandra D. Howard, Assistant Attorney General (W.A. Drew Edmondson, Attorney General of Oklahoma, with her on the brief), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before ANDERSON, KELLY, and LUCERO, Circuit Judges.


PAUL KELLY, Jr., Circuit Judge.

Petitioner Bobby Lynn Ross, an Oklahoma state prisoner sentenced to death, appeals from the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Our jurisdiction arises under 28 U.S.C. § 2253, and we affirm.

Background

In the early morning hours of January 5, 1983, Mr. Ross and another man robbed Debra Jean Sandefur, the night clerk at the Los Cuartos...

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