Legal Opinion
Eaton v. Pacheco
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided July 23, 2019No. 15-8013 & 16-8086PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MORITZ, Circuit Judge.
More than a decade after the crimes occurred, Dale Eaton was tried for and convicted of the kidnapping, sexual assault, robbery, and murder of Lisa Kimmell. A Wyoming jury sentenced him to death, and he later sought federal habeas relief from his convictions and death sentence. The federal district court agreed that Eaton was entitled to partial relief and vacated his death sentence. But the district court refused to disturb Eaton's underlying convictions. And it also refused to bar the state from conducting new death-penalty proceedings.
On appeal, Eaton argues the…
2Cases cited56 opinions
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