Legal Opinion
Kevin Winston Osborn v. Duane Shillinger, Warden of the Wyoming State Penitentiary A.G. McClintock the Attorney General of the State of Wyoming
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided November 7, 1988No. 86-2175PublishedCited by 196 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge.
Respondents Schillinger and McClintock [the State] appeal an order from the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming granting Kevin Osborn’s petition for writ of habeas corpus. See Osborn v. Schillinger, 639 F.Supp. 610 (D.Wyo.1986). We affirm.
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BACKGROUND
On August 8, 1982, Osborn pled guilty to a series of crimes including the felony murder of Jimmy Ray O’Briant, and aiding and abetting the first degree murder of Audry Ditmars. He was sentenced to death on the O’Briant felony murder count. Only the plea and death penalty on that charge are at issue here.…
2Cases cited80 opinions
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- Murray v. CarrierSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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3Cited by196 opinions
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