Legal Opinion
Alvin Parker v. Ron Champion
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided July 27, 1998No. 96-6291PublishedCited by 118 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAGILL, Circuit Judge.
During Alvin Parker’s second trial in Oklahoma state court on the sole charge of first degree malice-aforethought murder, he requested jury instructions on second degree murder. The trial court granted Parker’s request, and he was ultimately convicted of second degree murder. After the state courts denied postconviction relief, he filed this pro se 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for habeas corpus. He contends that his direct appeal counsel provided constitutionally ineffective assistance by failing to argue that the second trial jury instructions on second degree murder…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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