PROFFITT v. WAINWRIGHT

No. 80-5997.

685 F.2d 1227 (1982)

Charles William PROFFITT, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Secretary, Florida Department of Offender Rehabilitation, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Concurring in Part and Dissenting in Part Opinion September 17, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathryn Emmett, David Golub, Stamford, Conn., Deborah Fins, New York City, for petitioner-appellant.

Charles Corces, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, Fla., for respondent-appellee.

Before VANCE, KRAVITCH and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:

I. Case History1

On March 21, 1974 appellant Charles Proffitt was tried and convicted of first degree murder by a jury in the Circuit Court of Hillsborough County, Florida. In the second phase of the bifurcated proceeding the jury issued an advisory sentence recommending the death penalty, and the judge, in agreement with that recommendation, sentenced appellant to death. Pursuant to Florida's capital...

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