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STEPHENS v. ZANT

No. 79-2407.

716 F.2d 276 (1983)

Alpha Otis O'Daniel STEPHENS, Petitioner-Appellant. v. Walter ZANT, Superintendent, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 19, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Bonner, Jr., Athens, Ga., Richard Erwin Shapiro, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

John C. Boger, Joel Berger, Jack Greenberg, James M. Nabrit, III, Deborah Fins, Anthony G. Amsterdam, New York City, for NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.

William B. Hill, Jr., Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., for respondent-appellee.

Before RONEY and THOMAS A. CLARK, Circuit Judges, and INGRAHAM, Senior Circuit Judge.

ON REMAND FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

PER CURIAM:

The prior judgment of this Court, which reversed a denial of habeas corpus relief as to the Georgia state death sentence, has been reversed by the United States Supreme Court. Zant v. Stephens, 462 U.S. 862, 103 S.Ct. 2733, 77 L.Ed.2d 235 (1983). Upon remand to us from the Supreme Court for further proceedings in conformity with that opinion, we affirm...

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