SMITH v. PUCKETT

No. 89-4830 Summary Calendar.

907 F.2d 581 (1990)

Edward SMITH, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. Steve W. PUCKETT, Superintendent of Mississippi State Penitentiary, etc., Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 7, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Smith, Jr., Parchman, Miss., pro se.

Jeffrey N. Rosamond, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., for respondent-appellee.

Before POLITZ, GARWOOD, and JOLLY, Circuit Judges.


GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner-appellant Edward Smith, Jr. (Smith) appeals the denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. We affirm.

Facts and Proceedings Below

Smith is currently a prisoner in the Mississippi State Penitentiary serving a life sentence for murder. A jury found Smith guilty of fatally shooting James Jackson (Jackson) in 1981 as Jackson lay in a hospital intensive care unit suffering from gunshot...

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