Legal Opinion
Ervin Ray Young v. Park J. Anderson, Warden, Oklahoma State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided April 24, 1975No. 73-1336PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARRETT, Circuit Judge.
Ervin Ray Young (Young) appeals the dismissal of his habeas corpus application. Young’s petition herein represents the ninth chapter of a continuing legal saga wherein he has attempted to overturn a murder conviction.
Young was convicted by a jury of murder on March 21, 1961. He was sentenced to life imprisonment on March 31, 1961. The Government’s case was materially predicated on the testimony of Norma Sue Littlefield, who was an eyewitness when Young shot and killed her fiancé.
Young alleged that he was denied a fair trial: (a) because of prejudicial and inflammatory…
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