Charles Sylvester Bell v. John C. Watkins, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1983-02-28

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RANDALL, Circuit Judge: Charles Sylvester Bell was convicted of capital murder in a Mississippi state court in 1977 and sentenced to death. On appeal from the federal district court’s denial of habeas corpus relief, 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1976), the defendant contends: (1) that the instructions given the jury du…

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