Ricky Lee Scott v. Dexter Payne

Summary

The court affirmed dismissal of Scott's habeas petition, holding that his challenges to the jury instructions, conviction, sentence, and asserted constitutional violations did not establish that the judgment was facially invalid or that the trial court lacked jurisdiction. The alleged failure to instruct the jury on first-degree murder was treated as trial error, and the sufficiency-of-the-evidence, due-process, and double-jeopardy arguments were not cognizable in habeas proceedings on this record.