Ford v. Trani , No. 11-1316 (10th Cir. 2011)
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Applicant prisoner Roscoe Ford sought a certificate of appealability from the Tenth Circuit to challenge a district court's denial of his motion for post-conviction relief. An information filed in Colorado state court in 1997 charged Applicant with aggravated robbery and alleged that he was an habitual criminal. Applicant's first trial ended in a mistrial when the jury could not agree on a verdict. At his second trial the getaway driver was unavailable and did not testify. The jury convicted Applicant of aggravated robbery and the court adjudicated him to be an habitual criminal under Colorado law. He was sentenced to life in prison. Applicant raised eleven claims in his motion for post-conviction relief, among them, he questioned the sufficiency of the evidence used against him, errors in the trial process, a general violation of his constitutional rights and ineffective appellate counsel. Upon review, the Tenth Circuit found no reasonable jurist could dispute the district court's decisions. The Court denied Applicant's application and dismissed his appeal.
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