PAYNE v. THOMPSON

No. 79-1625.

622 F.2d 254 (1980)

Willis E. PAYNE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Vinson THOMPSON, Warden; Attorney General of Tennessee, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided May 21, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marvin B. Berke, Berke, Berke & Berke, Chattanooga, Tenn. (Court-appointed), for petitioner-appellant.

William M. Leech, Jr., Atty. Gen. of Tennessee, William P. Sizer, II, Charles L. Lewis, Asst. Attys. Gen., Nashville Tenn., for respondents-appellees.

Before EDWARDS, Chief Judge, and WEICK and KENNEDY, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant Payne appeals from a summary judgment entered by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1976).

Our review of this record indicates that at his state court trial, appellant was convicted by a jury on charges of murder and rape of an eight-year old girl and sentenced to death by electrocution upon each of those charges; these death...

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