Basham v. United States

ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR RELIEF UNDER 28 U.S.C. § 2255

JOSEPH F. ANDERSON, JR., District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

A South Carolina federal jury sentenced Brandon Basham to death for the 2002 carjacking and kidnapping resulting in the death of Alice Donovan. After an unsuccessful appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, United States v. Basham, 561 F.3d 302 (4th Cir.2009), and the United States Supreme Court, Basham v. United States, 560 U.S. 938, 130 S.Ct. 3353, 176 L.Ed.2d 1245 (2010), Basham returns to this court with a petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to vacate,…