Tenth Circuit· 6/14/2002

Knighton v. Gibson

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293 F.3d 1165
2002 WL 1303220

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noting that the jury found three aggravating circumstances—(1) prior felony convictions, (2) “continuing threat,” and (3
noting that the jury found three aggravating circumstances— (1) prior felony convictions, (2) “continuing threat,” and (3
finding that defense eoun- sel’s mitigation theory was extensive, and even though no evidence of organic brain damage was presented, there “[was] no[] ... reasonable probability that, had defense counsel presented ... [such evidence] the jury would have imposed a sentence less than death”
“Defense counsel . . . did present a great deal of psychiatric evidence at sentencing, although the defense did not do so under the rubric of organic brain damage.”
no due process violation where admission of other crimes evidence “was relevant to explain the facts surrounding the ... murders”
“The question presented in these habeas proceedings . . . is not whether [the] evidence was admissible under state law, but instead whether, considered in light of the entire record, its admission resulted in a fundamentally unfair trial.”

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Judges: Seymour, Brorby, Briscoe

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