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YOUNG v. SIRMONS

No. 07-5130.

551 F.3d 942 (2008)

Julius Recardo YOUNG, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Marty SIRMONS, Warden, Oklahoma State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

December 16, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven M. Presson of Presson Law Office, Norman, OK, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Seth S. Branham, Assistant Attorney General (W.A. Drew Edmondson, Attorney General, with him on the brief), Oklahoma City, OK, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before HENRY, Chief Judge, BRISCOE, and LUCERO, Circuit Judges.

BRISCOE, Circuit Judge.

In 1995, Julius Recardo Young was convicted in Oklahoma state court of two counts of first degree murder for beating to death a six-year old child and the child's mother. Young was sentenced to death for these murders. He appeals the district court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition. We exercise jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and affirm.

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