EDMONDSON, Circuit Judge: Phillip Alexander Atkins, who was convicted for kidnapping and first-degree murder and sentenced to death, appeals the district court’s denial of Atkins’ petition for the writ of habeas corpus. We affirm. I. BACKGROUND Atkins confessed to the 1981 kidnapping, sexual battery and murder of six-year-old…
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