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Opinion of the Court
Filed
Feb. 22, 2019
Case
Cuesta-Rodriguez v. Carpenter
Case status
Decided

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PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge. In this habeas corpus case, Carlos Cuesta-Rodriguez challenges his Oklahoma conviction for first-degree murder and his accompanying sentence of death. The district court denied relief and denied a certificate of appealability (COA). We granted a COA, agreeing to hear a number of Cuesta-Rodriguez's claims. Exercising jurisdiction under…

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