FOSTER v. JOHNSON

No. 01-60270.

293 F.3d 766 (2002)

Ron Chris FOSTER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Robert L. JOHNSON, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 6, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Silas Wood McCharen (argued), Daniel, Coker, Horton & Bell, Cynthia Ann Stewart, Jackson, MS, for Foster.

Marvin L. White, Jr. (argued), Jackson, MS, for Johnson.

Before KING, Chief Judge, and SMITH and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.


KING, Chief Judge:

Petitioner-Appellant Ron Chris Foster, a Mississippi death-row inmate, appeals the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus brought under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1994 & Supp. V 1999). He raises three claims on appeal: (1) violation of his Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel on the ground that his counsel failed to investigate and to present available mitigating evidence, (2) violation...

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