ROSS v. HOPPER

No. 82-8413.

716 F.2d 1528 (1983)

Willie X. ROSS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Joe S. HOPPER, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

October 3, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Charles Boger, Jack Greenberg, James M. Nabrit, III, Joel Berger, Deborah Fins, James S. Liebman, New York City, for petitioner-appellant.

Jan Hildebrand, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Asst. Attys. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., for respondent-appellee.

Before KRAVITCH and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges, and LYNNE, District Judge.


KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:

On March 3, 1974, after a jury trial in the Superior Court of Colquitt County, Georgia, Willie X. Ross was convicted of armed robbery, kidnapping and murder. Sentences of life imprisonment, twenty years and the death penalty were imposed, respectively. The convictions and sentences were affirmed by the Georgia Supreme Court. Ross v. State, 233 Ga. 361, 211 S.E.2d 356

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