DARDEN v. WAINWRIGHT

No. 81-5590.

699 F.2d 1031 (1983)

Willie Jasper DARDEN, Petitioner, Cross-Respondent, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Secretary, Department of Corrections, State of Florida, Respondent, Cross-Petitioner.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

As Corrected March 9, 1983.

Opinion on Granting of Rehearing April 6, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Augustus Harper, Jr., Tallahassee, Fla., for petitioner, cross-respondent.

Richard W. Prospect, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, Fla., for respondent, cross-petitioner.

Before FAY and CLARK, Circuit Judges, and MORGAN, Senior Circuit Judge.


Opinion on Granting of Rehearing En Banc April 6, 1983.

FAY, Circuit Judge:

Willie Jasper Darden appeals the district court's denial of his habeas corpus petition challenging his conviction for first degree murder and sentence of death and raises three issues; whether the closing arguments of the state prosecuting attorneys denied him a fair trial; whether he received ineffective assistance of counsel; and whether the jury selection process violated the mandates...

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