[DOWNLOAD] "Workman v. Bell" by Tenth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals * eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Workman v. Bell
- Author : Tenth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 04, 2007
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 57 KB
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Philip Ray Workman seeks a stay of execution in connection with his appeal from the denial of a motion under FED. R. CIV. P. 60(b), a motion contending that the Attorney General for the State of Tennessee ("State Attorney General") perpetrated a fraud upon the district court during Workmans habeas corpus proceedings. Because Workman has been given considerable process during the 25 years since a state court jury found that he murdered Lieutenant Ronald Oliver, because Workman cannot seriously contend that his allegations have any bearing on a claim of actual innocence given that he testified at the state court trial that he killed Lieutenant Oliver and that he shot and injured Officer Aubrey Stoddard during the incident, see Workman v. Bell, 178 F.3d 759, 768 (6th Cir. 1998); State v. Workman, 667 S.W.2d 44, 46--47 (Tenn. 1984); State v. Workman, 111 S.W.3d 10, 12 (Tenn. Ct. Crim. App. 2002), because the claims of fraud on the court are exceedingly attenuated and vague, and because the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals has rejected the premises of two of the claims,see Workman, 111 S.W.3d at 18--20, Workman has little to no likelihood of success in showing that the district court abused its discretion in rejecting his Rule 60(b) motion. We therefore deny his motion for a stay.