Howard Minor v. Eddie Lucas, Warden, Mississippi State Penitentiary, Respondents

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

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Petitioner Minor, a Mississippi state prisoner, appeals from dismissal of his application for habeas corpus relief filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254.

Minor was convicted of armed robbery in a Hinds County, Mississippi, Circuit Court on December 1,1977, and sentenced to thirty-three years imprisonment at the Mississippi state penitentiary. In his direct appeal to the Mississippi Supreme Court Minor asserted three assignments of error, all based on state substantive and procedural law grounds. The state court found no reversible error and affirmed his conviction.…