Roberts v. Singletary

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

JAMES LAWRENCE KING, District Judge.

THIS CAUSE comes before the Court upon the Petition of Rickey Bernard Roberts, a person in state custody, for a Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. After a jury trial in December 1985, Petitioner was convicted of first-degree murder, armed sexual battery, armed kidnapping, and two counts of armed robbery. At the conclusion of the penalty phase, the jury recommended a sentence of death. The trial judge, after independent consideration of the facts of the case, accepted the…