Baron Aviation Services, Inc. v. Larry Kitchen

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• holding that defense counsel was not ineffective for failing to request a self-defense instruction, where the evidence did not permit such instruction under Oklahoma law
• holding that defense counsel was not ineffective for failing to request a self-defense instruction, where the evidence did not permit such instruction under Oklahoma law
• criticizing prosecutor for mischaracterizing evidence and suggesting that defendant had committed other murders when such facts were not in evidence
• asking whether the jury was able “to judge the evidence fairly in light of the prosecutor’s conduct”
• finding it improper to tell the jury they \could only do justice in this case by bringing in a verdict of death\ (internal quotation marks omitted)
• finding it improper to tell the jury they “could only do justice in this case by 64 bringing in a verdict of death” (internal quotation marks omitted)

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