District Court, W.D. Louisiana October 9, 1996, Civil Action 96-1004 (Williams v. Cain)

LITTLE, District Judge.

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT

Habeas petitioner Dobie Gillis Williams presents a number of theories suggesting that his state court conviction was constitutionally infirm. The relief requested includes suspension, if not elimination, of the death penalty and a new trial, or certainly no less

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than a retrial of the sentencing phase of his trial.