BRANCH v. EPPS

No. 4:07CV138-MPM.

844 F.Supp.2d 762 (2011)

Lawrence BRANCH, Petitioner v. Christopher EPPS, et al., Respondents.

United States District Court, N.D. Mississippi, Greenville Division.

December 2, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth H. Coghlan , Rayburn Coghlan Law Firm, PLLC, Thomas C. Levidiotis , Thomas C. Levidiotis, Attorney, Oxford, MS, Robert M. Ryan , Jackson, MS, for Petitioner.

Marvin L. White, Jr. , Lisa Colonias McGovern , Patrick Joseph McNamara, Jr. , Mississippi Attorney General's Office, Jackson, MS, for Respondents.


MEMORANDUM OPINION & ORDER

MICHAEL P. MILLS, Chief Judge.

Lawrence Branch, the petitioner in this action, was convicted of the capital murder of Dorothy Jorden in the Circuit Court of Carroll County, Mississippi, and sentenced to death. The Mississippi Supreme Court affirmed the verdict and sentence on direct appeal. See Branch v. State, 882 So.2d 36 (Miss.2004) ("Branch I"). Petitioner sought...

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