Howell v. Trammell, No. 02-6324 (10th Cir. 2013)
Annotate this CaseTwo petitions for habeas relief arising from the murder conviction and death sentence of Michael Howell were before the Tenth Circuit. Howell's first petition came before the Court in 2002. After the Supreme Court ruled that states could not impose capital punishment on persons with mental impairments, the Court abated the petition and allowed Howell to pursue a mental-disability challenge to his sentence in state court. In 2005, a state court jury found that Howell was not mentally retarded Howell then filed a second petition, alleging seventeen grounds for relief, in addition to the five grounds remaining from his first petition that were never considered the Court. Upon review, the Tenth Circuit concluded that Howell was not entitled to habeas relief on either petition.
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