Legal Opinion
McCracken v. Gibson
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided October 10, 2001No. 00-5127PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBriscoe, Circuit Judge
Petitioner Jerry Lynn McCracken, an Oklahoma state prisoner convicted of four counts of first degree murder and sentenced to death, appeals the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for writ of habeas corpus. We exercise jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and affirm.
I
On the evening of October 13, 1990, after drinking and smoking marijuana with friends at an apartment in Tulsa, McCracken and co-defendant David Lawrence went to the Ferndale Lounge, where they drank heavily for several hours. Between approximately 12:40 and 12:55 a.m., they were overheard saying to each…
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