Harris v. Booker

COOK, Circuit Judge.

Following a bench trial, Milton Harris was convicted of second-degree homicide for killing Sammy Wright. On appeal from the denial of his petition for habeas corpus, he claims that insufficient evidence supports his conviction. We affirm.

I. Facts and Procedural History

When Milton Harris walked by Sammy Wright’s house one night in 1999, Wright made threatening or harassing statements to Harris while allegedly brandishing a gun. Harris went to his own house, and, some time later, returned to Wright’s house with a shotgun. Wright was still on his porch and continued to…