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ROOK v. RICE

No. 85-4004.

783 F.2d 401 (1986)

John William ROOK, Appellant, v. Nathan A. RICE, Warden, Central Prison, Raleigh, North Carolina, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided January 31, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Charles Boger, New York City (David S. Rudolf, Durham, N.C., on brief), for appellant.

Richard N. League, Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen., Raleigh, N.C. (Lacy H. Thornburg, Atty. Gen. of N.C., Barry S. McNeill, Asst. Atty. Gen., Raleigh, N.C., on brief), for appellee.

Before K.K. HALL and PHILLIPS, Circuit Judges, and HAYNSWORTH, Senior Circuit Judge.

K.K. HALL, Circuit Judge:

John William Rook appeals from the district court's denial of his petition for habeas corpus relief, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. In his petition, he asserted constitutional infirmities in his convictions for first-degree rape, kidnapping, and first-degree murder and in his capital murder sentence. We affirm.

I.

A detailed account of the facts of this case is set forth in State v. Rook, 304 N.C. 201,

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