Legal Opinion
Darrin Lynn Pickens v. Gary Gibson, Warden, Oklahoma State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided March 14, 2000No. 99-5021PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TACHA, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner appeals the district court’s denial of habeas relief, see 28 U.S.C. § 2254, from his Oklahoma first degree felony murder conviction and death sentence. Petitioner received a certificate of appeala-bility, see 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c), on the following issues: 1) his post-arrest statement was unconstitutionally obtained; 2) the trial court admitted an unconstitutionally obtained videotaped confession during sentencing; 3) prosecutorial misconduct; and 4) ineffective assistance of trial counsel. We affirm petitioner’s conviction, but we vacate his death sentence.
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2Cases cited45 opinions
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- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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- Edwards v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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3Cited by54 opinions
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