McLUCKIE v. ABBOTT

No. 02-1017.

337 F.3d 1193 (2003)

Lori Lynn McLUCKIE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. James ABBOTT, Warden; Attorney General of the State of Colorado, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

July 30, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas P. Johnson, Davis Graham & Stubbs, Denver, CO for the Petitioner-Appellant.

John J. Krause, Assistant Solicitor General (Ken Salazar, Attorney General with him on the brief), Denver, CO for the Respondents-Appellees.

Before SEYMOUR, LUCERO, and HARTZ, Circuit Judges.


LUCERO, Circuit Judge.

Lori Lynn McLuckie, a Colorado state prisoner convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment, appeals the district court's denial of her petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. This court granted McLuckie a certificate of appealability ("COA") pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c) with respect to her sole claim of legal error: that trial counsel's failure to investigate and present psychological...

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