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GILLIARD v. SCROGGY

No. 87-4377.

847 F.2d 1141 (1988)

Robert C. GILLIARD, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Gene A. SCROGGY, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections; Donald A. Cabana, Warden, Mississippi State Penitentiary, and State of Mississippi, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 12, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lionel R. Barrett, Jr., Nashville, Tenn., for plaintiff-appellant.

Marvin L. White, Jr., and Donald G. Barlow, Asst. Attys. Gen., Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., for defendants-appellees.

Before POLITZ, WILLIAMS, and JONES, Circuit Judges.

POLITZ, Circuit Judge:

Robert C. Gilliard, a death-sentenced Mississippi prisoner, appeals the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, 28 U.S.C. § 2254, contending that: (1) his guilty plea hearing was constitutionally infirm; (2) he was denied effective assistance of counsel; and (3) his sentencing hearing was tainted by the prosecutor's remarks about parole eligibility relating to a sentence of life imprisonment. Finding no error of constitutional...

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