Jonathan Leigh Phillips v. George Million

BOYCE F. MARTIN, JR., Circuit Judge.

Jonathan Leigh Phillips appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. For the reasons below, we AFFIRM.

I

On November 28, 1996, Mr. Phillips, along with Terry Burchett and Natasha Yates, a minor, set out in a car to purchase crack cocaine. Mr. Phillips took a gun with him. He located a street dealer and purchased a “rock” of crack cocaine. Returning to the vehicle, Mr. Phillips got into an argument with John Demarco Johnson, who had observed, but not participated in, the crack-cocaine transaction. As Mr. Phillips was getting…