STRINGER v. SCROGGY

Civ. A. No. J87-0105(B).

675 F.Supp. 356 (1987)

James R. STRINGER, Petitioner, v. Gene A. SCROGGY, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections, et al., Respondents.

United States District Court, S.D. Mississippi, Jackson Division.

November 20, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis Sweet and Kenneth J. Rose, Jackson, Miss., James E. Ostgard, St. Paul, Minn., for petitioner.

Marvin White, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., for respondents.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

BARBOUR, District Judge.

This cause is before the Court on Petition of James R. Stringer for Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241, et seq. Petitioner was convicted of capital murder in the death of Nell McWilliams and sentenced to death on September 24, 1982, by the Circuit Court for the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Mississippi. The trial court, after a hearing, denied a subsequent Petition...

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