William Gibbs Hyman v. James Aiken, Warden, Cci, and Travis Medlock, Attorney General, State of South Carolina

BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge:

William Gibbs Hyman appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Hyman was convicted by a South Carolina jury of armed robbery and murder. In the second phase of the proceedings, the jury recommended that he be sentenced to death, and the trial judge accepted this recommendation. The judgment was affirmed in State v. Hyman, 276 S.C. 559, 281 S.E.2d 209 (1981), cert. denied 458 U.S. 1122, 102 S.Ct. 3510, 73 L.Ed.2d 1384 (1982). Hyman then sought postconviction relief, which was denied after an evidentiary hearing. The South…