William "Billy" Mitchell v. Ralph Kemp, Warden

Decided 1985-05-23

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RONEY, Circuit Judge: William “Billy” Mitchell pled guilty to murder and was sentenced to death. On appeal from the district court’s denial of habeas corpus relief, Mitchell raises three issues: (1) whether the district court should have conducted an evidentiary hearing on his assertion that the death penalty in Georgia is being administered in an arbitrary and racially discrimi…

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