Legal Opinion
Huey Don Odum v. Bobby Boone Attorney General of the State of Oklahoma
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided August 2, 1995No. 94-7184PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRORBY, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner-appellant Huey Don Odum appeals the district court’s order adopting the recommendation of the magistrate judge that his petition for a writ of habeas corpus be denied. We grant the motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis, and we also grant a certificate of probable cause to appeal under 28 U.S.C. § 2253 to enable us to reach the merits. Finding no error, we affirm.
BACKGROUND
Mr. Odum was convicted in Oklahoma District Court in 1979 of first degree murder. The jury subsequently sentenced him to death, finding one aggravating circumstance: that the murder…
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