SMITH v. MASSEY

No. 99-7143.

235 F.3d 1259 (2000)

Lois Nadean SMITH, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Neville MASSEY, Warden, Oklahoma State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

December 19, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory R. Piche, of Holland & Hart, Denver, Colorado, and Randy Bauman, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for the appellant.

Jennifer B. Miller, Assistant Attorney General (W.A. Drew Edmondson, Attorney General, with her on the brief), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for the appellee.

Before BRORBY, EBEL, and BRISCOE, Circuit Judges.


BRISCOE, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner Lois Nadean Smith, an Oklahoma state prisoner convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to death, appeals the district court's denial of her 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for writ of habeas corpus. We exercise jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and affirm.

I.

The following is a summary of the underlying facts, as recounted by the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals (OCCA) in disposing of Smith's...

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