KING v. STRICKLAND

No. 82-5306.

714 F.2d 1481 (1983)

Amos Lee KING, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. Charles G. STRICKLAND, Jr., Warden, Florida State Penitentiary, Louie L. Wainwright, and Jim Smith, Attorney General, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied November 4, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Baya Harrison, III, Tallahassee, Fla., for petitioner-appellant.

Michael J. Kotler, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, Fla., for respondents-appellants.

Before RONEY and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges, and TUTTLE, Senior Circuit Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied November 4, 1983.

RONEY, Circuit Judge:

Convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to death, Amos Lee King, Jr. appeals the federal district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. He raises a number of arguments as to both conviction and sentence. Although we affirm on all issues raised as to the conviction, we hold that counsel was ineffective during the penalty phase. We discuss King's other...

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