FAIRCHILD v. TRAMMELL

No. 13-6030.

784 F.3d 702 (2015)

Richard FAIRCHILD, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Anita TRAMMELL, Warden, Oklahoma State Penitentiary, E. Scott Pruitt, Attorney General of the State of Oklahoma, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

April 23, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randy A. Bauman, Assistant Federal Public Defender ( Thomas Kenneth Lee, Assistant Federal Public Defender, with him on the brief), Oklahoma City, OK, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Robert L. Whittaker, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division ( E. Scott Pruitt, Attorney General of Oklahoma, with him on the brief), Oklahoma City, OK, for Respondent-Appellee, Anita Trammell.

Before HARTZ, O'BRIEN, and HOLMES, Circuit Judges.


An Oklahoma jury found Defendant Richard Fairchild guilty of child-abuse murder in the first degree and recommended the death penalty, which the trial court imposed. The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals (OCCA) denied relief on all claims presented on direct appeal and in Defendant's original application for postconviction...

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