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- Title: Smith V. Mullin
- Author : United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit
- Release Date : January 29, 2004
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 74 KB
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Roderick Lynn Smith, an Oklahoma state prisoner, was sentenced to death for the 1993 murders of his wife and stepchildren. Challenging his convictions and death sentence, Mr. Smith petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus in federal district court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. *fn1 The district court denied relief in an unpublished opinion, but granted a Certificate of Appealability (COA), see 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1), on eight of the eighteen claims before it. *fn2 We affirm in part, reverse in part, and grant a writ of habeas corpus vacating Mr. Smith's death sentence, with the condition that the state resentence Mr. Smith within a reasonable time.
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