Charles Crawford v. Christopher Epps, Commissioner

PER CURIAM: *

Charles Ray Crawford, a prisoner in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections, appeals the district court’s dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 motion after receiving a Certificate of Appealability (“COA”) from the district court. Crawford maintains that he is entitled to habeas corpus relief because he was subject to a psychiatric evaluation without the benefit of counsel in violation of the Sixth Amendment. For the following reasons, we AFFIRM.

FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

In January 1993, Charles Crawford was out on bond awaiting trial on charges of aggravated assault and…