Legal Opinion
Liles v. Saffle
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided September 16, 1991No. 90-6380PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge.
Respondent James L. Saffle appeals from the district court’s order granting ha-beas relief to petitioner Mark Roy Liles, under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, from his conviction for first degree murder and sentence of death.1 In vacating the conviction, the district court determined that, under Ake v. Oklahoma, 470 U.S. 68, 105 S.Ct. 1087, 84 L.Ed.2d 53 (1985), the state trial court had *335deprived petitioner of due process by denying his pretrial motion for state funds to employ a psychiatrist in aid of his defense. We affirm.
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2Cases cited13 opinions
- Griffith v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Ake v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Maynard v. CartwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Randy Abercrombie v. City of Catoosa, Oklahoma Mayor Curtis Conley and Police Chief Benny DirckCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1990
- Ronald Allen Smith v. Jack McCormick Warden, Montana State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Moore v. ReynoldsCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1998
- Benjamin Brewer v. Dan ReynoldsCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1995
- John Walter Castro, Sr. v. Ron WardCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1998
- Gary Alan Walker v. Attorney General for the State of Oklahoma Ron WardCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1999
- De Freece v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1993
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