Legal Opinion
Wackerly v. Workman
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided September 15, 2009No. 07-7034, 07-7056PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GORSUCH, Circuit Judge.
This case arises out of a 1996 crime in which Donald Wackerly planned and executed the murder of a stranger for petty cash. After trial, an Oklahoma jury found Mr. Wackerly guilty of first-degree murder and sentenced him to death. An appeal and post-conviction habeas corpus petition before state courts followed, but neither succeeded. Mr. Wackerly then filed a federal habeas petition in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma. The district court denied this petition, too. Mr. Wackerly now appeals the district court’s disposition to us, and…
2Cases cited33 opinions
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