Lockett v. Anderson

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

We have an appeal by the State and a cross-appeal by the petitioner in this death penalty case, which arises from the state courts of Mississippi. We should first note that the appellant, Carl Daniel Lockett, killed two persons, Mr. Calhoun (Case # 1), and his wife, Mrs. Calhoun (Case # 2), for which he was separately tried, separately convicted, and separately sentenced. He is therefore under two death sentences, which have been consolidated in this federal habeas proceeding. This appeal is from the district court’s judgment in the consolidated case granting…