Herbert Lee Richardson v. Willie Johnson, Warden, Holman Unit, and Fred Smith, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections

Herbert Lee Richardson appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for habe-as corpus under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254. Concluding that he is not entitled to relief, we affirm the district court.

I. Facts

At about 6:00 A.M. on August 16, 1977, a bomb exploded on the front porch of Doris Wyms’ home in Dothan, Alabama, killing Rena Mae Collins, a child of ten. The child was Wyms’ niece and had spent the previous night at her aunt’s home. The only witness to the explosion, a twelve year old friend of the decedent, testified that the two girls had come out to the porch that morning and had seen…