Lockett v. Puckett

OPINION AND ORDER

BARBOUR, District Judge.

This cause is before the Court on the Petition Under Title 28 U.S.C. Section 2254 for Writs of Habeas Corpus by a Petitioner in State Court Custody Under-Sentences of Death filed on behalf of the Petitioner, Carl Daniel Lockett (“Lockett”). Lockett has also filed a Motion for Partial Summary Judgment and a Motion for an Evidentiary Hearing. On August 30, 1996, this Court issued an Order granting in part Petitioner’s Motion for an Evidentiary hearing limited in scope to the following issues:

1. Competency of the Petitioner Carl Daniel Lockett to stand…