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HOOKER v. MULLIN

Nos. 00-6181, 00-6186.

293 F.3d 1232 (2002)

John Michael HOOKER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Mike MULLIN, Warden, Oklahoma State Penitentiary; The Attorney General of the State of Oklahoma, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

June 21, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. Moran, Assistant Federal Public Defender (Michael G. Katz, Federal Public Defender, with him on the brief), Denver, CO, for Petitioner-Appellant.

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

Before TACHA, Chief Circuit Judge, BRORBY, Senior Circuit Judge, and MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

BRORBY, Senior Circuit Judge.

An Oklahoma jury convicted John Michael Hooker for the first degree murders of his common-law wife, Sylvia Stokes, and her mother, Drucilla Morgan. In accordance with the verdict, the Oklahoma district court sentenced him to death. He appeals the denial of his federal habeas corpus petition seeking to overturn those convictions and sentences. Exercising jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1291 and 2253(c), we affirm the district...

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