HILL v. JONES

No. 94-6793.

81 F.3d 1015 (1996)

Walter HILL, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Ronald E. JONES, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 9, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry J. Fisher, Law Offices, Atlanta, Georgia, Palmer C. Singleton, Atlanta, Georgia, Oliver Loewy, Federal Defenders of Eastern Washington, Spokane, Washington, for appellant.

Beth Jackson Hughes, Office of Attorney General, Montgomery, Alabama, for appellee.

Before HATCHETT, COX and BLACK, Circuit Judges.


BLACK, Circuit Judge:

Walter Hill, an Alabama inmate convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death, appeals the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Finding the district court did not err in denying relief on Hill's claims, we affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

A. The Crime

Walter Hill was convicted and sentenced to death for the January 1977 murders of Willie Mae Hammock, John Tatum and Lois Tatum in the...

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