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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
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FILED 

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT 

United Stat.es Oourt of Appeals 

Tenth Circuit 

FEB 2 41988 

ROBERT L. HOECKER 

Clerk LARRY D. GREEN, 

Petitioner-Appellant, 

v. 

JERRY JOHNSON, Warden, 

Respondent-Appellee. 

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ORDER AND JUDGMENT 

No. 87-1770 

(D.C. No. 85-464-R) 

(W.D. Okla.) 

Before MOORE and TACHA, Circuit Judges, and BRIMMER, Chief Judge.* 

*Honorable Clarence A. 

District Court for 

designation. 

Brimmer, Chief Judge, United States 

the District of Wyoming, sitting by 

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. 34.1.8. 

submitted without oral argument. 

The cause is therefore ordered 

This is an appeal from a district court order dismissing a 28 

U.S.C. § 2254 petition challenging a conviction under the Oklahoma 

recidivist statute, Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 51B. 

Petitioner raises the following grounds in support of his 

petition: 

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(1) The recidivist statute is unconstitutional as an ex 

post facto law; 

(2) The statute is unconstitutional as a bill of 

attainder; and 

(3) Petitioner's conviction was impermissibly obtained 

in a single-stage proceeding rather than a 

bifurcated trial as required by Okla. Stat. tit. 

22, § 860. 

The first two grounds raised by petitioner are foreclosed by 

prior decisions of this court. See Rider v. Crouse, 357 F.2d 317, 

318 (10th Cir. 1966); Byers v. Crouse, 339 F.2d 550, 552 (10th 

Cir. 1964), cert. denied, 382 U.S. 860 (1965); see generally 

Spencer v. Texas, 385 U.S. 554, 559-60 (1967). Petitioner's third 

claim was properly rejected by the district court on the basis of 

waiver. See Gaines v. Hess, 662 F.2d 1364, 1370 (10th Cir. 1981); 

Isom v. State, 646 P.2d 1288, 1291 (Okla. Crim. App. 1982); Reed 

v. State, 580 P.2d 159, 162 (Okla. Crim. App. 1978). 

The judgment of the United States District Court for the 

Western District of Oklahoma is AFFIRMED. Petitioner's motion for 

appointment of counsel is DENIED. 

The mandate shall issue forthwith. 

ENTERED FOR THE COURT 

PER CURIAM 

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