Legal Opinion
Mollett v. Mullin
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided November 5, 2003No. 01-6403PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*904HENRY, Circuit Judge.
Lloyd Edward Mollett was found guilty of first-degree murder and first-degree rape by an Oklahoma jury. At the trial’s sentencing stage, the prosecution urged the jury to impose the death penalty. During the jury deliberations that followed, the jury sent the presiding judge a note asking the judge to “tell us if we find a sentence of [l]ife is the[re] any possibility of Mr. Mollett ever leaving prison for any reason whatsoever.” The trial judge replied that “Matters of parole are beyond the purvue [sic] of the jury or the court to consider.” The judge did not advise…
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