Chester Lee Wicker v. O.L. McCotter Director, Texas Department of Corrections

ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

Chester Lee Wicker was convicted of capital murder and, after a separate sentencing proceeding, was sentenced to death based on the jury’s findings. He now seeks habeas corpus relief, asserting six bases in his petition. The district court found all of Wicker’s claims lacking in merit. Because the district court did not err in its assessment, we affirm the judgment denying him relief.

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Shortly after dark on April 4, 1980, Chester Lee Wicker was driving his mother’s car on a street in Beaumont, Texas. He saw a young woman, Suzanne Knuth, walking along the street.…