William "Billy" Mitchell v. Ralph Kemp, Warden

RONEY, Circuit Judge:

William “Billy” Mitchell pled guilty to murder and was sentenced to death. On appeal from the district court’s denial of habeas corpus relief, Mitchell raises three issues: (1) whether the district court should have conducted an evidentiary hearing on his assertion that the death penalty in Georgia is being administered in an arbitrary and racially discriminatory manner; (2) whether his counsel was ineffective during the sentencing phase of his trial; and (3) whether the district court should have heard evidence regarding the legality and voluntariness of Mitchell’s…