Legal Opinion
Ellis v. Hargett
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided September 3, 2002No. 00-6358PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.
Marshall Ellis, sentenced to life imprisonment for murder and other offenses, appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2000). We affirm.
I
Most of the relevant facts are undisputed. Ellis drove a female companion to a methamphetamine deal in the parking lot of a restaurant in Woodward, Oklahoma, on May 8, 1985. The other parties to the deal arrived in a van: unknown to Ellis, several were undercover police officers. After the drug transaction was finished, undercover Agent William Stewart emerged from the…
2Cases cited32 opinions
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- Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
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- Schlup v. DeloSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
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