MASON v. PROCUNIER

No. 84-4005.

748 F.2d 852 (1984)

Morris Odell MASON, Appellant, v. Raymond K. PROCUNIER, Director Virginia Department of Corrections, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided November 2, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Bonnie, Charlottesville, Va. (J. Lloyd Snook, III, Paxson, Smith, Gilliam & Scott, Charlottesville, Va., on brief), for appellant.

James E. Kulp, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va., (Gerald L. Baliles, Atty. Gen. of Virginia, Richmond, Va., on brief), for appellee.

Before HALL and ERVIN, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge.


PER CURIAM:

Morris Odell Mason, a Virginia prisoner sentenced to be executed on November 21, 1984, appeals from an order of the district court denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We affirm.

The facts are set forth in Mason v. Commonwealth, 219 Va. 1091, 254 S.E.2d 116 (1979).

Mason assigns the following errors:

1. The District Court erred in rejecting Appellant's claim that the trial...

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