BELL v. OZMINT

No. 02-21.

332 F.3d 229 (2003)

William Henry BELL, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Jon E. OZMINT, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections; Henry Dargan MCMASTER, Attorney General, State of South Carolina, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: June 12, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Mark Evan Olive, Law Offices Of Mark E. Olive, P.A., Tallahassee, Florida, for Appellant. Donald John Zelenka, Assistant Deputy Attorney General, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Diana L. Holt, Diana Holt, L.L.C., Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellant.

Before WILKINS, Chief Judge, and WILKINSON and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.


Affirmed by published opinion. Judge DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge WILKINS and Judge WILKINSON joined.

OPINION

DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ, Circuit Judge:

A South Carolina jury convicted William Henry Bell of the armed robbery and murder of Dennis Hepler. On the jury's recommendation, the state trial court sentenced Bell to death. After exhausting his state remedies, Bell filed a petition for federal habeas relief, challenging...

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