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FRANCIS v. SPRAGGINS

No. 83-8338.

720 F.2d 1190 (1983)

Robert FRANCIS, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center, Respondent-Appellant, v. Eddie SPRAGGINS, Petitioner-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

November 14, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicholas G. Dumich, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Mary Beth Westmoreland, Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., for petitioner.

Michael McIntyre, Atlanta, Ga., for respondent.

Before HILL and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges, and MORGAN, Senior Circuit Judge.

KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:

Eddie Spraggins was convicted of murder and rape in a Georgia court and was sentenced to death on the murder conviction. The district court granted his petition for a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that he had been denied the effective assistance of counsel at trial. In this appeal, the state challenges the district court's conclusions (1) that the procedural default doctrine of Wainwright v. Sykes, 433 U.S. 72<...

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