DOBBERT v. STRICKLAND

No. 82-5121.

718 F.2d 1518 (1983)

Ernest John DOBBERT, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Charles G. STRICKLAND, Jr., et al., Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied November 21, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick D. Doherty, Gross & Doherty, Clearwater, Fla., for petitioner-appellant.

Carolyn Snurkowski, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Fla., for respondents-appellees.

Before RONEY and TJOFLAT, Circuit Judges, and WISDOM, Senior Circuit Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied November 21, 1983.

PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal by a Florida state prisoner from a federal district court's denial of habeas corpus relief in a capital case. Petitioner Ernest John Dobbert was convicted of first degree murder of his daughter. Contrary to the recommendation of the advisory sentencing jury, the trial judge sentenced him to death. In the precise words used in his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, Dobbert...

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