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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
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FILijb United Sta.t~s Court ~f Appeals 

Tenth Circuit 

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEAL ov 5 1990 

ROBERT L. HOECKER 

Clerk 

TENTH CIRCUIT 

WADRESS HUBERT METOYER, JR., ) 

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Plaintiff-Appellant, ) 

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v. ) 

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ROBERT H. HENRY, Attorney General, ) 

and STEPHEN W. KAISER, Warden, ) 

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Defendants-Appellees. ) 

No. 90-5089 

(D.C. No. 89-C-330-B) 

( N. D. Okla. ) 

ORDER AND JUDGMENT * 

Before McKAY, MOORE, and BRORBY, Circuit Judges. 

After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel 

has determined unanimously that oral argument would not materially 

assist the determination of this appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 

34(a); 10th Cir. R. 34.1.9. The case is therefore ordered submitted without oral argument. 

Petitioner was convicted in Oklahoma state court of robbery 

with firearms and sentenced to a term of 200 years. The Oklahoma 

Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the judgment but modified the 

* This order and judgment has no precedential value and shall 

not be cited, or used by any court within the Tenth Circuit, 

except for purposes of establishing the doctrines of the law of 

the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. 10th Cir. R. 

36.3. 

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sentence to 50 years. 

This habeas corpus proceeding challenges the reduction of 

sentence on a variety of grounds. We affirm for the reasons given 

by the trial court except for its citation to Carbray v. Champion, 

No. 89-5152 (10th Cir. Feb. 28, 1990). The Carbray opinion, as 

cited by the trial court, was withdrawn by order of this court on 

petition for rehearing and a new opinion was issued in light of 

the Supreme Court's decision in Clemons v. Mississippi, __ U.S. 

__ , 110 S. Ct. 1441, 108 L. Ed. 2d 725 (1990). The Carbray opinion on rehearing governs petitioner's equal protection argument 

and the question of whether the appellate court must enter a modified sentence at the minimum permitted by statute. That opinion 

makes clear that the modification of petitioner's sentence by the 

Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals was not in error. Therefore, 

we affirm the decision of the trial court on those issues for the 

reasons set out in the opinion on rehearing in Carbray v. 

Champion, 905 F.2d 314 (10th Cir. 1990). 

The trial court order denying the petition for writ of habeas 

corpus is AFFIRMED. 

Petitioner's request for petition for writ of mandamus is 

denied. The mandate shall issue forthwith. 

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Entered for the Court 

Monroe G. McKay 

Circuit Judge 

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