WALDROP v. THIGPEN

No. CV 90-H-1845-S.

857 F.Supp. 872 (1994)

Billy Wayne WALDROP, Petitioner, v. Morris THIGPEN, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections, Respondent.

United States District Court, N.D. Alabama, Southern Division.

June 9, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Billy Wayne Waldrop, pro se.

Clifton S. Price, II, Kracke Thompson & Ellis, Birmingham, AL, Thomas J. Farrell, Cohen & Grigsby PC, Pittsburgh, PA, for petitioner.

J. Clayton Crenshaw, James H. Evans, Atty. Gen., Montgomery, AL, for respondent.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

HANCOCK, District Judge.

This is an action for habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 by an Alabama state prisoner under a sentence of death. With the assistance of counsel, petitioner filed his petition for writ of habeas corpus on September 6, 1990, which was subsequently amended on September 25, 1990, and May 2, 1991.

I. Factual and Procedural Background

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