Timothy Ellis McDaniel v. A.L. Lockhart

MAGILL, Circuit Judge,

Timothy Ellis McDaniel appeals the district court’s 1 denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. McDaniel claims that the district court erred in denying his petition because (1) his conviction was obtained through the use of testimony newly discovered to be perjured, entitling him to a new trial, (2) the admission of prior bad acts testimony deprived him of a fair trial, (3) a question directed to defense counsel by the trial judge deprived him of a fair trial, and (4) the admission of his statement after his arrest to a police…