Legal Opinion
Paxton v. Ward
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided December 29, 1999No. 98-6236, 98-6238PublishedCited by 81 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SEYMOUR, Chief Judge.
Petitioner Kenneth Wayne Paxton was convicted of first degree murder by a jury in Oklahoma state court and sentenced to death. After he unsuccessfully brought a direct appeal and petitions for state post-conviction relief, he filed a writ of habeas corpus in federal district court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 asserting that numerous constitutional errors occurred during both his trial and his sentencing proceeding. The district court upheld Mr. Paxton’s conviction, but determined that the sentencing proceeding was constitutionally flawed by the exclusion of mitigating…
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