Legal Opinion

Dunlap v. Clements

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided April 16, 2012No. 10-1424PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER AND JUDGMENT *

PAUL KELLY, JR., Circuit Judge.

Petitioner-Appellant Nathan Dunlap appeals from the denial of his habeas corpus petition. 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Our jurisdiction arises under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1291 & 2253(a). We affirm.

Background

In February 1996, Mr. Dunlap was convicted of four counts of capital murder and various other crimes in connection with the murder of three teenagers and a 50-year-old mother of two at a Chuck E. Cheese’s restaurant in Aurora, Colorado. In May 1996, in accordance with jury verdicts, he was sentenced to death on the four murder counts and consecutive terms…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  3. Harrington v. RichterSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
  4. Brecht v. AbrahamsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  5. Cullen v. PinholsterSupreme Court of the United States · 2011

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Jackson v. TrammellCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2015
  2. Dunlap v. Colorado Department of CorrectionsColorado Court of Appeals · 2013
  3. Littlejohn v. TrammellCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2013
  4. Littlejohn v. TrammellCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2013

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