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Davis v. McCollum

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided August 25, 2015No. 15-5018PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER DENYING CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY

TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judge.

Johnny Ray Davis received a sentence of life in prison after being convicted of first-degree murder in Oklahoma. After his state-court challenges to his conviction and sentence failed, he filed a habeas petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The district court rejected his claims and denied a certificate of appealability (COA). Because we agree that reasonable jurists would not debate Davis’s entitlement to a COA, we DENY Davis’s request for a COA and DISMISS this appeal.

I. Background

At age sixteen, Davis was involved in a botched…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Miller-El v. CockrellSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
  2. Miller v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
  3. White v. WoodallSupreme Court of the United States · 2014
  4. Hall v. BellmonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1991
  5. Fisher v. GibsonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2001

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3Cited by32 opinions

  1. Grant v. RoyalCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2018
  2. United States v. GreerCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2018
  3. New Jersey v. ZuberNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 2015
  4. United States v. Tony SparksCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2019
  5. United States v. Robert James JeffersonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2016

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