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SMITH v. THIGPEN

Civ. A. No. J83-0573(B).

689 F.Supp. 644 (1988)

Willie Albert SMITH, Petitioner, v. Morris THIGPEN, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections; Eddie Lucas, Warden, Mississippi State Penitentiary, et al., Respondents.

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

June 13, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven L. Winter, New York City, Robert J. Brantley, Jackson, Miss., for petitioner.

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

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

BARBOUR, District Judge.

Willie Albert Smith brings this Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, attacking the judgment of conviction and death sentence entered against him on July 30, 1981, in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial Circuit of Hinds County, Mississippi. For the reasons set out below, the Petition is denied.

Smith was convicted of the murder of Shirley Roberts during the course...

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