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DeROSA v. WORKMAN

No. 10-7084.

679 F.3d 1196 (2012)

James L. DeROSA, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Randall G. WORKMAN, Warden, Oklahoma State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

May 25, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas D. Hird ( Patti Palmer Ghezzi , with him on the briefs), Assistant Federal Public Defenders, Oklahoma City, OK, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Jennifer L. Crabb , Assistant Attorney General ( E. Scott Pruitt , Attorney General of Oklahoma, with her on the briefs), Oklahoma City, OK, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before BRISCOE, Chief Judge, O'BRIEN and MATHESON, Circuit Judges.

BRISCOE, Chief Judge.

Petitioner James DeRosa, an Oklahoma state prisoner, was convicted of two counts of first-degree felony murder and sentenced to death on both counts. The two murders that were the subject of his convictions occurred on October 2, 2000. DeRosa unsuccessfully challenged his convictions and sentences on direct appeal, as well as in an application for state post-conviction relief. DeRosa then sought federal habeas relief by filing a petition for...

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