Kevin Stanford v. Phil Parker, Warden, Kentucky State Penitentiary

OPINION

SILER, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner Kevin Nigel Stanford was convicted in a Kentucky state court of capital murder, first degree robbery, first degree sodomy, and receipt of stolen property. He was sentenced to death. His conviction and sentence were upheld on direct appeal and through state post-conviction proceedings. Stanford then filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the federal district court, which denied his petition. We affirm the district court’s denial of Stanford’s habeas petition.

I. Background

In 1981, Baerbel Poore worked as an attendant at a Checker gasoline station…