Respondents -Appellees .
The district court denied relief and denied Mr. Watkins' request for a certificate of appealability. Mr. Watkins appeals. Mr. Watkins was convicted in 1987 in state court of aggravated burglary and aggravated robbery, and sentenced under the habitual offender statute then in effect to terms of fifteen years to sixty years and forty-five years to life. Mr. Watkins is not eligible for treatment under the retroactivity provision. He contends that, because those offenders not eligible for retroactive consideration are treated differently merely on the basis of the date on which they committed their crimes, the Act results in an unconstitutional denial of equal protection.