Amyn Kapadia v. Rodney L. Tally

I concur with the court’s decision to affirm the district court’s denial of Kapa-dia’s petition for habeas corpus. But under the circumstances of this case, there is no need to explore the question of whether Kapadia was motivated by religious or national origin bias when he committed the burglary and arson. Evidence of one’s beliefs and associations is admissible where it is relevant to the statutory aggravating factors. Barclay v. Florida, 463 U.S. 939, 949-50, 103 S.Ct. 3418, 77 L.Ed.2d 1134 (1983). Kapadia’s bias was demonstrated in statements made after his conviction and before…