U.S. district court: death penalty.

• Position: Mental Problems (Prisoner

Walton v. Johnson, 306 F.Supp.2d 597 (W.D.Va. 2004). A defendant whose capital murder convictions were affirmed on appeal, petitioned for habeas corpus relief. The district court dismissed the petition, finding that the defendant was competent to be executed, even though he suffered from a mental illness. The court noted that the defendant was most...