HONEYCUTT v. MAHONEY

No. 82-6427.

698 F.2d 213 (1983)

Billy HONEYCUTT, Appellant, v. Mr. William B. MAHONEY, Superintendent; Attorney General of the State of North Carolina, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided January 10, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald L. Gibson, Charlotte, N.C. (James E. Ferguson, II, Chambers, Ferguson, Watt, Wallas, Adkins & Fuller, P.A., Charlotte, N.C., on brief), for appellant.

Richard N. League, Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen., Raleigh, N.C. (Rufus L. Edmisten, Atty. Gen. of N.C., Raleigh, N.C., on brief), for appellees.

Before WIDENER, HALL and MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judges.


K.K. HALL, Circuit Judge:

North Carolina prisoner, Billy Honeycutt, appeals from an order of the district court dismissing his petition for writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Finding this appeal to be without merit, we affirm.

I.

Billy Honeycutt was charged with the first degree murder of his wife, Brenda Honeycutt, on June 6, 1973. He pleaded not guilty and was tried in the Superior Court for Duplin County, North Carolina...

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