PAVATT v. CARPENTER

No. 14-6117.

928 F.3d 906 (2019)

James Dwight PAVATT, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Mike CARPENTER, Warden, Oklahoma State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

FILED June 27, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sarah M. Jernigan ( Patti Palmer Ghezzi , with her on the briefs), Assistant Federal Public Defenders, Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Western District of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, appearing for Appellant.

Jennifer L. Crabb , Assistant Attorney General ( Mike Hunter , Attorney General, with her on the briefs), Office of the Attorney General for the State of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, appearing for Appellee.

Before TYMKOVICH, Chief Judge, KELLY, BRISCOE, LUCERO, HARTZ, HOLMES, MATHESON, BACHARACH, PHILLIPS, McHUGH, MORITZ, EID, and CARSON, Circuit Judges.


Petitioner James Pavatt was convicted by an Oklahoma jury of first degree murder and conspiracy to commit first degree murder. Pavatt was sentenced to death for the first degree murder conviction and ten years' imprisonment for the conspiracy conviction. After exhausting his state...

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