MAZZELL v. EVATT

No. 95-6996.

88 F.3d 263 (1996)

Paul MAZZELL, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Parker EVATT, Commissioner, South Carolina Department of Corrections; Travis Medlock, Attorney General, State of South Carolina, Respondents-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided July 1, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Donald John Zelenka, Assistant Deputy Attorney General, Columbia, South Carolina, for Apellants. John Henry Blume, III, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee.

Before WILKINSON, Chief Judge, and HALL and ERVIN, Circuit Judges.


Reversed and remanded by published opinion. Chief Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Judge HALL and Judge ERVIN joined.

OPINION

WILKINSON, Chief Judge:

A South Carolina jury convicted Paul Mazzell in 1983 of criminal conspiracy, conspiracy to kidnap, murder, and kidnapping. He was sentenced to life in prison. After his conviction was affirmed on direct appeal and his request for state post...

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