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Tenth Circuit· 7/18/2000

Thomas v. Gibson

Citations

  • 218 F.3d 1213
  • 2000 Colo. J. C.A.R. 4305
  • 2000 U.S. App. LEXIS 16986
  • 2000 WL 986587

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that an argument was waived when it consisted of only three sentences, the appellant failed to cite the controlling framework, and the appellant developed the point only “superficially”
  • holding petitioner's \generalized\ state-court ineffective-assistance claim was insufficient to exhaust his later, more specific federal habeas claim
  • holding petitioner’s “generalized” state-court ineffective-assistance claim was insufficient to exhaust his later, more specific federal habeas claim
  • noting that “Oklahoma’s procedural bar to claims not raised on initial post-conviction review, including claims of ineffective assistance of counsel, is independent and adequate” to preclude habeas review
  • holding petitioner’s “generalized” state-court ineffective-assistance claim was insufficient to exhaust his later, more specific federal habeas claim
  • holding no reasonable factfinder could have found murder was especially heinous, atrocious or cruel where, although victim suffered severe beating, there was no evidence of struggle or defensive wounds, and no evidence indicating order in, which killer inflicted wounds

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Judges: Tacha, Brorby, Murphy

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