SIMPSON v. CARPENTER

No. 16-6191.

912 F.3d 542 (2018)

Kendrick Antonio SIMPSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Mike CARPENTER, Interim Warden, Oklahoma State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

FILED December 27, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sarah M. Jernigan , Assistant Federal Public Defender ( Patti Palmer Ghezzi , Assistant Federal Public Defender, with her on the briefs), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Jennifer J. Dickson , Assistant Attorney General ( Mike Hunter , Attorney General of Oklahoma, with her on the brief), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before LUCERO, HOLMES, and McHUGH, Circuit Judges.


Kendrick Simpson is a state prisoner in Oklahoma. After a bifurcated proceeding, the jury convicted Mr. Simpson of two counts of first-degree murder and sentenced him to death. He now appeals the district court's denial of his petition for federal habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Exercising jurisdiction under 28...

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