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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT 

FILED 

United States. Co1nrt o.l Appeals "'r•~·?'lf,}_ ,.4, '/)f'Hf!• 

APR 2 3 1991 

ROBERT L. HOECKER 

Clerk REX R. MOORE, JR., 

Petitioner-Appellant, 

v. 

JACK COWLEY, 

Respondent-Appellee. 

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No. 90-6194 

(D.C. No. CIV-90-331-R) 

(W.D. Okla.) 

ORDER AND JUDGMENT* 

Before ANDERSON, TACHA, Circuit Judges, and KANE,** District 

Judge. 

**Honorable John L. 

District Court for 

designation. 

Kane, Senior District Judge, United States 

the District of Colorado, 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. 34.1.9. 

submitted without oral argument. 

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The case is therefore ordered 

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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Petitioner appeals from an order of the district court 

denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 

u.s.c. § 2254 and denying a certificate of probable cause. 

On appeal, petitioner argues (1) the district court erred by 

not holding an evidentiary hearing, (2) the district court erred 

in admitting hearsay statements allegedly made by the victim 

regarding antecedent actions of petitioner, under the theory that 

they were admissible as evidence of state of mind, (3) the 

district court erred in admitting the dying declaration of the 

victim, (4) petitioner was denied a fair trial by the introduction 

without objection of nondeathbed hearsay that the victim denied 

attempting suicide, (5) petitioner was denied a fair trial by the 

admission of the state arson investigator's opinion that 

petitioner murdered his wife, (6) the trial court erred in 

suggesting to the jury that the petitioner had an obligation to 

call Dr. Jett as a witness, (7) the trial court erred in admitting 

prejudicial hearsay on hearsay, which was the discharge summary of 

Dr. Jett concerning deathbed statements of the victim, (8) 

petitioner was denied effective assistance of trial counsel, (9) 

the trial court erred in overruling petitioner's motions for an in 

camera hearing and to suppress the statements made by petitioner 

before he received Miranda warnings, (10) the trial court erred in 

allowing the introduction of evidence without first requiring the 

state to establish a proper chain of custody and in allowing 

testimony of a person who had not been listed as a witness prior 

to trial, (11) the trial court erred in refusing to give 

instructions upon lesser included offenses, failing to include 

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verdict forms on lesser included offenses and in refusing to give 

certain other instructions, (12) the trial court erred in 

overruling petitioner's motion to prevent death certification of 

the jury, which resulted in a jury more predisposed toward a 

finding of guilt, and (13) petitioner's sentence was excessive. 

For substantially the reasons stated in the district court's 

thorough, well-reasoned order filed May 16, 1990, we deny a 

certificate of probable cause. Accordingly, this appeal is 

DISMISSED. 

The mandate shall issue forthwith. 

Entered for the Court 

Deanell Reece Tacha 

Circuit Judge 

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