CARTER v. BIGELOW

No. 12-4203.

787 F.3d 1269 (2015)

Douglas Stewart CARTER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Alfred C. BIGELOW, Warden, Utah State Prison, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

June 2, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paula Harms , Assistant Federal Public Defender (and Jon M. Sands , Federal Public Defender; David A. Christensen , Assistant Federal Public Defender, Salt Lake City, UT, on the briefs), Phoenix, AR, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Thomas Brunker , Assistant Attorney General, (and Erin Riley , Assistant Attorney General, Salt Lake City, UT; Sean D. Reyes , Utah Attorney General, on the brief), Salt Lake City, UT, for Respondent-Appellee.

Russell P. Butler (and Victor Stone with him on the brief) of Maryland Crime Victims' Resource Center, Inc., Upper Marlboro, MD, for Victim Gary Olesen.

Before KELLY, LUCERO, and MORITZ, Circuit Judges.


In this capital case, Petitioner-Appellant Douglas Stewart Carter, a Utah inmate, appeals from the district court's denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus challenging his conviction and death sentence. Carter v. Bigelow, No. 2:02-CV-326, 2012 WL 3964819 (D.Utah Sept. 11, 2012). Mr. Carter was convicted of the...

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