Dennis Waldon Stockton v. Edward Murray

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge ERVIN and WIDENER joined.

OPINION

WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Dennis Stockton seeks relief from his capital murder conviction, claiming that the prosecution withheld exculpatory and impeachment evidence in violation of Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 83 S.Ct. 1194, 10 L.Ed.2d 215 (1963), and knowingly elicited perjured testimony during his 1983 trial. Because we find that Stockton’s claims are procedurally barred, and in any event are meritless, we affirm the district court’s dismissal of Stockton’s…