TAYLOR v. POWELL

No. 20-4039.

7 F.4th 920 (2021)

Von Lester TAYLOR, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Robert POWELL, Warden, Utah State Prison, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Filed July 30, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew F. Peterson , Assistant Solicitor General ( Erin Riley , Assistant Solicitor General, and Sean D. Reyes , Utah Attorney General, with him on the briefs), Office of the Utah Attorney General, Salt Lake City, Utah, for Appellant.

Brian M. Pomerantz ( Kenneth F. Murray , Phoenix, Arizona, with him on the brief), Law Office of Brian M. Pomerantz, Carrboro, North Carolina, for Appellee.

Before TYMKOVICH, Chief Judge, BRISCOE, and MORITZ, Circuit Judges.


Von Lester Taylor and an accomplice, Edward Deli, murdered two unarmed women who tragically encountered them burglarizing a mountain cabin in December 1990.

Linae Tiede, Kaye Tiede (her mother), and Beth Potts (her grandmother), returned to the cabin after a day of shopping in Salt Lake City. When Mr. Taylor and Mr...

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