Legal Opinion
Wiley v. Epps
District Court, N.D. Mississippi
Decided November 5, 2009No. Civil Action 2:00CV130-P-APublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
W. ALLEN PEPPER, JR., District Judge.
Petitioner William Lee Wiley filed the instant petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, seeking to challenge his otherwise final death sentence for capital murder.
Procedural and Factual History
Shortly after closing his convenience store around midnight on August 22, 1981, J.B. Turner and his daughter, Patricia Harvey, were shot outside of Mr. Turner’s store with a sawed-off, .20-gauge shotgun. Mr. Turner suffered a gunshot wound to his back and a fatal wound to his chest, and he died at the scene. Mrs. Harvey…
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