United States Tenth Circuit

Denial of habeas relief is affirmed where there is no clearly established federal law relevant to petitioner's claim that his counsel was ineffective in accommodating petitioner's preference to be found competent, despite his personal misgivings and the contrary opinions of a doctor and the prosecutor.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/22/2008
• Published 07/23/2008

Judges

• Before O'BRIEN, EBEL and TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Howard A. Pincus, Assistant Federal Public Defender (Raymond P. Moore, Federal Public Defender, with him on the briefs) Denver, CO, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Donald D. Self, Assistant Attorney General (W.A. Drew Edmondson, Attorney General of Oklahoma, with him on the briefs) Oklahoma City, OK, for Respondent-Appellee.