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WILLIS v. ZANT

No. 82-8677.

720 F.2d 1212 (1983)

Henry WILLIS, III, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Walter B. ZANT, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

November 17, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph M. Nursey, Millard C. Farmer, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiff-appellant.

Virginia H. Jeffries, Staff Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., for defendant-appellee.

Before TJOFLAT, FAY and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.

TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

The petitioner, Henry Willis III, was convicted in the Superior Court of Bleckley County, Georgia, of malice murder. He was sentenced to death. The Georgia Supreme Court affirmed his conviction and sentence. Willis v. State, 243 Ga. 185, 253 S.E.2d 70 (1979). He then petitioned the Superior Court of Tatnall County, Georgia, for a writ of habeas corpus. The court denied...

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