DUCKETT v. MULLIN

No. 00-6292.

306 F.3d 982 (2002)

Robert Don DUCKETT, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Mike MULLIN, Warden, Oklahoma State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

September 4, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark L. Henricksen (Lanita Henricksen, with him on the briefs), Henricksen & Henricksen, El Reno, Oklahoma, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Jennifer B. Miller, Assistant Attorney General (W.A. Drew Edmondson, Attorney General of Oklahoma, with her on the briefs), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before KELLY, LUCERO, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.


LUCERO, Circuit Judge.

Robert Don Duckett, an Oklahoma state prisoner convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death, appeals the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. This court granted Duckett a certificate of appealability ("COA") pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c) with respect to five of his claims of legal error: (1) that the conduct and comments of the state prosecutor deprived him of a fair trial; (2) that trial counsel...

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