Legal Opinion
Beavers v. Saffle
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided June 16, 2000No. 99-6154PublishedCited by 112 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAUL KELLY, JR., Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-Appellant, Gary Zane Beavers appeals from the denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 motion. On March 2, 1992, he pled guilty to first degree murder in Oklahoma district court. After numerous state proceedings, he filed the present habeas petition. Mr. Beavers’ habeas petition and request for a certificate of appealability (COA) were both denied by the district court. We granted a COA on four issues: (1) whether Mr. Beavers procedurally defaulted certain claims because of advice given by the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals (OCCA); (2) the voluntariness of…
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