FORD v. STRICKLAND

No. 81-6200.

696 F.2d 804 (1983)

Alvin Bernard FORD, Petitioner, v. Charles G. STRICKLAND, Jr., Warden Fla. State Prison, Louie L. Wainwright, Secretary, Department of Offender Rehabilitation, State of Fla., Jim Smith, Attorney General, State of Florida, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

January 7, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard H. Burr, III, West Palm Beach, Fla., Marvin E. Frankel, New York City, for petitioner.

Joy B. Shearer, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, Fla., Charles Corces, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, Fla., for respondents.

Before GODBOLD, Chief Judge, RONEY, TJOFLAT, HILL, FAY, VANCE, KRAVITCH, JOHNSON, HENDERSON, ANDERSON and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

This cause, after a decision by a panel, 11th Cir., 676 F.2d 434, was taken en banc for the purpose of resolving for this Circuit several important issues that repeatedly arise in capital cases. After full briefing, extended oral argument, and several months of deliberation during which the judges of the Court sought to resolve and reconcile the various issues involved, a communication was received purporting to be a request...

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