DAVIS v. SHARP

No. 17-6225.

943 F.3d 1290 (2019)

Nicholas Alexander DAVIS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Tommy SHARP, Interim Warden, Oklahoma State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

FILED November 27, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Lieberman ( Thomas Hird , with him on the briefs), Assistant Federal Public Defenders, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Caroline Hunt , Assistant Attorney General ( Mike Hunter , Attorney General, with her on the brief), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before HARTZ, MORITZ, and EID, Circuit Judges.


After an Oklahoma jury convicted Nicholas Davis of first-degree murder and sentenced him to death, he sought federal habeas relief. In relevant part, he asserted that both trial counsel and appellate counsel were constitutionally ineffective in failing to adequately investigate his mental health and discover that he suffers...

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