Pavatt v. Royal, No. 14-6117 (10th Cir. 2017)
Annotate this CaseJames Pavatt was convicted by an Oklahoma jury of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, for which he received the death penalty, plus ten years' imprisonment for the conspiracy conviction. After exhausting his state-court remedies, he filed an application for relief under 28 U.S.C. 2254. The district court denied the application, and also denied a certificate of appealability (COA). Pavatt sought a COA from the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, raising several issues. The Tenth Circuit affirmed the district court’s denial of relief with respect to his conviction, but reversed denial of relief with respect to his sentence, and remanded to the district court for further proceedings.
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