ALVERSON v. WORKMAN

No. 09-5000.

595 F.3d 1142 (2010)

Billy D. ALVERSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Randall G. WORKMAN, Warden, Oklahoma State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

February 16, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Jackson, (Steven M. Presson with him on the briefs), Presson Law Office, Norman, OK, for Petitioner-Appellant.

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

Before KELLY, BRISCOE, and TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judges.


BRISCOE, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner Billy Alverson, an Oklahoma state prisoner convicted of first degree murder and robbery with a dangerous weapon and sentenced to death in connection with the murder conviction, appeals the district court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for writ of habeas corpus. Exercising jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, we affirm the judgment of the district court.

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