Legal Opinion
Jackson v. Trammell
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided November 10, 2015No. 13-5119PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KELLY, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner-Appellant Shelton Jackson appeals from the district court’s denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus challenging his conviction and death sentence. Jackson v. Workman, No. 08-CV-204-JHP-FHM, 2013 WL 4521143 (N.D.Okla. Aug. 26, 2013). In 1997, Mr. Jackson was charged with the murder of Monica Decator in Tulsa, Oklahoma and was subsequently convicted and sentenced to death. Mr. Jackson raises three issues on appeal: (1) whether the state court’s submission to the jury of an allegedly invalid sentencing aggravator unconstitutionally skewed the jury’s…
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