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Post by SoulTrainOz on Jul 3, 2006 20:35:42 GMT -5
A judicial panel has denied an appeal from a Colbert County death row inmate who represented himself in his capital murder trial, then appealed his conviction based partly on ineffective counsel.
Tommy Douglas Arthur was appealing a federal district judge's ruling on his 1991 capital murder conviction of Muscle Shoals resident Troy Wicker, the husband of Arthur's lover, Judy Wicker.
A 3-judge panel from the 11th U.S. Circuit Court denied the request, which included the claim of ineffective counsel.
Arthur, 64, was convicted 3 times of capital murder in Wicker's 1982 shooting death.
Wicker's widow, who admitted to an affair with Arthur, was convicted in connection with the case and sentenced to life in prison. She agreed to testify against Arthur in a 2nd trial.
Arthur, after being convicted in the 3rd trial, asked the judge to sentence him to death. His conviction and sentence have been upheld at both the state and federal level.
(source: Montgomery Advertiser)
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