CODDINGTON v. SHARP

No. 16-6295.

959 F.3d 947 (2020)

James CODDINGTON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Tommy SHARP, Warden, Oklahoma State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

FILED May 12, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. Carlson , Ridley, McGreevy & Winocur P.C., Denver, Colorado ( Seth A. Day , Hall Estill P.C., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, with him on the briefs), for Petitioner-Appellant.

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

Before LUCERO, MORITZ, and EID, Circuit Judges.


Petitioner James Coddington seeks collateral review of the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals' (OCCA) resolution of his constitutional challenges to his conviction and sentence. Coddington argues that the trial court deprived him of his constitutional right to present a defense when it refused to allow his expert to testify that...

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