BALDWIN v. JOHNSON

No. 95-6776.

152 F.3d 1304 (1998)

Brian Keith BALDWIN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Willie JOHNSON, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 1, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Kennedy McIntyre, John R. Martin, Atlanta, GA, for Petitioner-Appellant.

J. B. Sessions, III, Atty. Gen., Beth Jackson Hughes, Asst. Atty. Gen., Montgomery, AL, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before HATCHETT, Chief Judge, and EDMONDSON and COX, Circuit Judges.


HATCHETT, Chief Judge:

Appellant Brian Baldwin challenges the district court's denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 and the court's failure to conduct an evidentiary hearing. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

A. Direct Appeal

On August 9, 1977, a jury in the Circuit Court of Monroe County, Alabama, convicted Baldwin of the capital felony of robbery during which the victim was intentionally killed...

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