William Kenny Stephens, Cross-Appellee v. Ralph Kemp, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center, Respondent- Cross-Appellant

HILL, Circuit Judge:

This case is before the court on appeal from the district court’s denial of appellant William Kenny Stephens’ petition for writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S. C. § 2254.

In 1980 appellant was found guilty of one count of murder and three counts of aggravated assault, the victim in each case being a police officer. He was sentenced *644to death for the murder and to consecutive sentences of twenty years in prison on each count of aggravated assault. The conviction and sentences were subsequently affirmed by the Georgia Supreme Court. Stevens [sic] v. State, 247 Ga.…