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Nature of Suit Code: 535
Nature of Suit: Habeas Corpus - Death Penalty
Cause of Action: 28:2254 Ptn for Writ of H/C - Stay of Execution

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Aryon Williams, Jr., 

Petitioner, 

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Dora Schriro, et al.,

Respondents. 

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No. CV-97-1239-PHX-PGR

DEATH PENALTY CASE

ORDER RE: AMENDED

CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY

 

The Court denied Petitioner Aryon Williams’s Third Amended Petition for Writ of

Habeas Corpus (Dkt. 85), and granted a certificate of appealability with respect to the merits

of Claim 16 (Dkt. 122). On March 7, 2007, Petitioner filed a motion seeking, in part,

reconsideration of the Court’s denial of Claim 8. (Dkt. 123.) In an Order filed

simultaneously on this date, the Court has denied Petitioner’s motion for reconsideration.

However, the Court finds that reasonable jurists could debate its resolution of Claim 8.

Based on the foregoing,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Court grants a Certificate of Appealability as

to the following issues:

Whether Claim 8 of the Third Amended Petition – alleging that Petitioner’s

due process rights were violated by the denial of funds for a mental health

evaluation to assist the defense at sentencing – fails on the merits.

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Whether Claim 16 of the Third Amended Petition – alleging that Petitioner’s

due process rights were violated by the prosecution’s suppression of evidence

that another person may have committed the murder for which Petitioner was

convicted – fails on the merits.

DATED this 28th day of March, 2007.

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