Charles Laverne Singleton v. Larry Norris, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction

WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

Charles Laverne Singleton appeals from the district court’s1 order dismissing his petition for writ of habeas corpus.2 We affirm.

Singleton was sentenced to death in 1979 by the Circuit Court of Ashley County, Arkansas, for capital murder arising out of the death of a storekeeper whom Singleton stabbed during the course of a robbery.3 The sentence and conviction were affirmed by the Supreme Court of Arkansas. Singleton v. State, 274 Ark. 126, 623 S.W.2d 180 (1981), cert. denied, 456 U.S. 938, 102 S.Ct. 1996, 72 L.Ed.2d 458 (1982). Singleton’s petition to proceed pursuant…