Jason Wayne Hurst v. Jamel James, Warden, Central Prison, Raleigh, North Carolina

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA JASON WAYNE HURST, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) ) 1:10-CV-725 JAMEL JAMES, Warden, Central ) Prison, Raleigh, North ) Carolina, ) ) Respondent. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER THOMAS D. SCHROEDER, District Judge. Before the court is the petition for writ of habeas corpus by Petitioner Jason Wayne Hurst pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (Doc. 1.) Hurst alleges that during the penalty phase of his capital murder trial, his Sixth Amendment rights to an impartial jury and to confront the witnesses against him were violated by an…