Larry Gene Bell v. Parker Evatt, Commissioner, South Carolina Department of Corrections T. Travis Medlock, Attorney General, State of South Carolina

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge RUSSELL wrote the opinion, in which Judge MICHAEL and Judge MOTZ joined.

OPINION

DONALD RUSSELL, Circuit Judge:

Larry Gene Bell, awaiting execution in South Carolina for kidnapping and brutally murdering Sharon Faye Smith, appeals the district court’s denial of his final petition for writ of habeas corpus. The question before this Court, is whether any of Bell's numerous “eleventh-hour” complaints warrant habeas relief. The district court concluded that Bell’s challenges to his conviction and death sentence were meritless. We affirm.

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On Friday, May 31,1985,…