BROOKS v. FRANCIS

No. 83-8028.

716 F.2d 780 (1983)

William Anthony BROOKS, Petitioner, v. Robert FRANCIS, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 15, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen B. Bright, Atlanta, Ga., for petitioner.

Mary Beth Westmoreland, Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., for respondent.

Before FAY, HENDERSON and HATCHETT, Circuit Judges.


HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:

William Anthony Brooks seeks reversal of the district court's denial of habeas corpus relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254. He is under a sentence of death for the rape, kidnapping, armed robbery, and murder of a young woman. We remand for a new sentencing hearing.

I. Facts

In July, 1977, Carol Jeannine Galloway, a young, popular, piano teacher and choir director, was abducted from her mother's home in Columbus, Georgia...

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