Hinkston v. State (Per Curiam)
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Appellant was found guilty of capital murder, residential burglary, and theft of property. Appellant was sentenced to life without parole for capital murder. The Supreme Court affirmed. Appellant later filed a pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus, raising several claims. The circuit court denied the habeas petition. Appellant lodged an appeal from that order and then filed a motion for appointment of counsel to represent him on appeal. The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal and declared the motion moot, holding that Appellant failed to raise a claim within the purview of a habeas action and therefore failed to meet his burden of demonstrating a basis for a writ of habeas corpus to issue.
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