Jones v. Gibson

TACHA, Circuit Judge.

A jury found petitioner guilty of first degree murder and two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and sentenced him to death for the murder conviction and to twenty and fifteen years’ imprisonment for the other two convictions. The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the convictions and sentences. See Jones v. State, 648 P.2d 1251 (Okla.Crim.App.1982), cert. denied, 459 U.S. 1155, 103 S.Ct. 799, 74 L.Ed.2d 1002 (1983). That court also affirmed the state trial court’s denial of petitioner’s first application for post-conviction relief. See Jones…