Legal Opinion
Simpson v. Carpenter
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided December 27, 2018No. 16-6191PublishedCited by 106 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McHUGH, Circuit Judge.
*557Kendrick Simpson is a state prisoner in Oklahoma. After a bifurcated proceeding, the jury convicted Mr. Simpson of two counts of first-degree murder and sentenced him to death. He now appeals the district court's denial of his petition for federal habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Exercising jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1291 and 2253, we affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
A. Factual History
Pursuant to the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA), we presume the factual findings of the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals (OCCA) are correct, absent clear and…
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