JONES v. GIBSON

No. 98-6370.

206 F.3d 946 (2000)

Dorsie Leslie JONES, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. Gary GIBSON, Warden, Oklahoma State Penitentiary; Attorney General of the State of Oklahoma, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

February 15, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vicki Ruth Adams Werneke, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Death Penalty Federal Habeas Corpus Division, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Sandra D. Howard, Assistant Attorney General, Chief, Criminal Appeals (W.A. Drew Edmondson, Attorney General of Oklahoma, with her on the brief), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for Respondents-Appellees.

Before TACHA, BALDOCK, and EBEL, Circuit Judges.


TACHA, Circuit Judge.

A jury found petitioner guilty of first degree murder and two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and sentenced him to death for the murder conviction and to twenty and fifteen years' imprisonment for the other two convictions. The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the convictions and sentences. See Jones v. State, 648 P.2d 1251 (Okla.Crim.App.1982), cert. denied, 459...

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