STRINGER v. JACKSON

No. 88-4126.

862 F.2d 1108 (1988)

James R. STRINGER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Charles J. JACKSON, Interim Commissioner, Mississippi Dept. of Corrections, et al., Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied January 20, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Ostgard, Minneapolis, Minn. (Court-appointed), Kenneth J. Rose, Dennis Sweet, Jackson, Miss. (Court-appointed), for petitioner-appellant.

Marvin L. White, Jr., Felicia C. Adams, Asst. Attys. Gen., Jackson, Miss., for respondents-appellees.

Before REAVLEY, JOHNSON and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied January 20, 1989.

REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

James R. Stringer seeks the writ of habeas corpus to avoid his sentence of death by the Mississippi courts. We affirm the district court's denial of the writ.

I. Background

On the evening of June 21, 1982, Ray McWilliams and his wife, Nell McWilliams, were murdered in their home in Jackson. The State's case against James Stringer rested upon the testimony of...

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