FRANK M. JOHNSON, Jr., Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from the denial of a motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 to vacate and set aside a verdict rendered against Charles Elwood Cobb in Florida state court.
In October, 1970, a jury found Cobb and his two co-defendants guilty of two counts each of first-degree murder. The jury did not recommend mercy. Cobb was given a sentence of death in the electric chair, which was later modified under Furman v. Georgia...
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