WILCHER v. HARGETT

No. 90-1710.

978 F.2d 872 (1992)

Bobby Glen WILCHER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Edward HARGETT, Superintendent Mississippi State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied December 22, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Craig, Jackson, Miss., Kenneth J. Rose, Durham, N.C., for petitioner-appellant.

Marvin L. White, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Mike Moore, Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., for respondent-appellee.

Before KING, HIGGINBOTHAM, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied December 22, 1992.

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

Bobby Glen Wilcher appeals denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus, challenging both his conviction and his death sentence. He asserts that his conviction was obtained in violation of his Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights and that his death sentence was imposed in violation of the Eighth Amendment. We affirm the district court's denial of Wilcher's petition...

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