Legal Opinion
Coleman v. Brown
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided September 30, 1986No. 85-1094PublishedCited by 108 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOGAN, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner, Charles Troy Coleman, appeals from the district court's denial of his application for a writ of habeas corpus and his motions for a stay of execution and an evidentiary hearing.
The issues on appeal are (1) whether prospective jurors for Coleman’s trial were excused for cause improperly because of their opposition to the death penalty; (2) whether the exclusion of prospective jurors opposed to the death penalty from the guilt stage of the trial denied Coleman a jury representing a cross-section of the community and resulted in a conviction-prone jury; (3)…
2Cases cited51 opinions
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- United States v. CronicSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Barefoot v. EstelleSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- United States v. YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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3Cited by108 opinions
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- John W. Duvall v. Dan ReynoldsCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1998
- Ronald Keith Williamson v. Ronald Ward, Warden, State Penitentiary at McAlesterCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1997
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