Charles Troy Coleman v. James L. Saffle, Warden, Oklahoma State Penitentiary, McAlester Oklahoma

Charles Troy Coleman, petitioner-appellant, was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to death by an Oklahoma jury in 1979. He appeals from the district court’s denial of his third petition for federal habeas relief and his motions for an •evidentiary hearing and stay of execution. Petitioner also seeks a certificate of probable cause from this court, and a stay of his execution scheduled September 10, 1990.

The issues on appeal are (1) whether petitioner was deprived of a constitutionally adequate determination of his competency to stand trial because the state trial court did not…