Legal Opinion
Underwood v. Royal
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided July 2, 2018No. 16-6262PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MATHESON, Circuit Judge.
*1158 Kevin Ray Underwood appeals from the federal district court's denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 . In 2008, a jury convicted Mr. Underwood of first degree murder and sentenced him to death in Oklahoma state court. The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals ("OCCA") affirmed Mr. Underwood's conviction and sentence and later denied post-conviction relief.
Mr. Underwood sought federal habeas relief from his death sentence under § 2254. The federal district court denied Mr. Underwood's requests for relief and for a certificate of…
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