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- Title: Robbins v. Wilkie
- Author : Tenth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 21, 2002
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 53 KB
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Lewis Eugene Gilbert, an Oklahoma state prisoner sentenced to death, appeals the district courts denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. This court has granted Gilbert a certificate of appealability ("COA") pursuant to 28 U. S. C. § 2253(c) with respect to three of his claims of legal error: (1) that his right to a fair trial was violated by a coerced verdict at the sentencing stage of the trial; (2) that he was improperly denied his request for a competency evaluation in state court; and (3) that there was insufficient factual support for the jurys finding of the existence of the "avoid arrest" and "continuing threat" aggravating circumstances. We have independently reviewed the record and conclude that Gilbert is not entitled to habeas relief on any of these claims. Exercising jurisdiction under 28 U. S. C. §Â§ 1291 and 2253, we affirm.