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WILLIAMS v. DIXON

No. 89-4001.

961 F.2d 448 (1992)

Douglas WILLIAMS, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. Gary T. DIXON, Warden; Attorney General of North Carolina, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided March 13, 1992.

As Amended March 24, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Evan Olive, Atlanta, Ga., argued (William F. Larimar, University of North Carolina School of Law, Chapel Hill, N.C., on brief), for petitioner-appellant.

Barry Steven McNeill, Special Deputy Atty. Gen., Joan Herre Byers, Special Deputy Atty. Gen., Raleigh, N.C., argued (Lacy H. Thornburg, Atty. Gen. of North Carolina, Raleigh, N.C.) for respondents-appellees.

Before ERVIN, Chief Judge, WIDENER, Circuit Judge, and BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge.

OPINION

ERVIN, Chief Judge:

Douglas Williams, Jr. appeals the district court's denial of his petition for federal habeas corpus relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The core of Williams' arguments is that he did not have the mental capacity — because of organic brain damage and severe intoxication at the time of the offense — to have the requisite specific intent to be convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death. More specifically...

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