Connie Ray Evans, Cross-Appellee v. Morris Thigpen, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections, Cross-Appellant

W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

Connie Ray Evans appeals the district court’s denial of his habeas petition contesting the sentence of death imposed in his conviction for murder. We find no error and affirm.

I

Evans pleaded guilty to capital murder and his case proceeded directly to the pen alty phase of Mississippi’s bifurcated scheme. The jury recommended the death penalty, finding that the state had proved four statutory aggravating circumstances that outweighed any mitigating circumstances. The sentence was upheld on direct appeal, and the Mississippi Supreme Court denied the petitioner’s…