Hentz v. Hargett

BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:

Larry Shelton Hentz (Hentz), a Mississippi state prisoner, appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for federal habeas relief. 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The district court concluded that Hentz anticipatorily repudiated the plea agreement when he informed the prosecutor that his testimony would not comport with his prior statements. He argues that the State breached the plea agreement when it brought additional charges against him after refusing to call him to testify at a codefendant’s trial, thereby rendering it impossible for him to perform his part of the…