Artie G. Thompson v. Warden Sam P. Garrison, Central Prison, Raleigh, North Carolina and State Ofnorth Carolina

BUTZNER, Circuit Judge:

Artie Gilbert Thompson, a North Carolina prisoner, appeals from a judgment denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus without a federal evidentiary hearing. On the basis of the record in his state post-conviction proceeding, the district court rejected his claim that his conviction had been procured by perjured testimony. Thompson contends the district court should have held a full evidentiary hearing and granted immunity to the alleged perjurer in order to develop the facts. We find no error and affirm the judgment.

In May 1972 Thompson was convicted of a murder…