Bobby Lynn Ross v. Ron Ward, Warden, Oklahoma State Penitentiary

PAUL KELLY, Jr., Circuit Judge.

Petitioner Bobby Lynn Ross, an Oklahoma state prisoner sentenced to death, appeals from the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Our jurisdiction arises under 28 U.S.C. § 2253, and we affirm.

Background

In the early morning hours of January 5, 1983, Mr. Ross and another man robbed Debra Jean Sandefur, the night clerk at the Los Cuartos Inn Motel in Elk City, Oklahoma. See Trial Transcript (“Tr.”) at 563-83. During the robbery, Mr. Ross grabbed and pushed Ms. Sandefur and repeatedly threatened to…