Legal Opinion
Douglas Williams, Jr. v. Gary T. Dixon, Warden Attorney General of North Carolina
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided March 24, 1992No. 89-4001PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ERVIN, Chief Judge:
Douglas Williams, Jr. appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for federal habeas corpus relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The core of Williams’ arguments is that he did not have the mental capacity — because of organic brain damage and severe intoxication at the time of the offense — to have the requisite specific intent to be convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death. More specifically, he argues that he was not given the opportunity to prove that he lacked the requisite mental capacity — because of either ineffective assistance of…
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