LITTLEJOHN v. ROYAL

No. 14-6177.

875 F.3d 548 (2017)

Emmanuel LITTLEJOHN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Terry ROYAL, Warden, Oklahoma State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Filed November 7, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sarah M. Jernigan , Assistant Federal Public Defender ( Randy A. Bauman , Assistant Federal Public Defender, with her on the briefs), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Robert L. Whittaker , Assistant Attorney General ( E. Scott Pruitt , Attorney General, with him on the brief), Office of the Attorney General for the State of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before TYMKOVICH, Chief Judge, LUCERO and HOLMES, Circuit Judges.


Following various Oklahoma state-court proceedings, an Oklahoma jury convicted Emmanuel Littlejohn of first-degree murder and sentenced him to death. This case — which comes before us for a second time — arises from the district court's denial of Mr. Littlejohn's petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28...

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