SOLOMON v. KEMP

No. 83-8723.

735 F.2d 395 (1984)

Van Roosevelt SOLOMON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Ralph KEMP, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Center, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 12, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Kendall, Atlanta, Ga., Margaret Marshall, Leonard M. Singer, Boston, Mass., for petitioner-appellant.

Susan V. Boleyn, Atlanta, Ga., for respondent-appellee.

Before RONEY, FAY and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


FAY, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner, Van Roosevelt Solomon, appeals from the denial by the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner was convicted in 1979 of murder in Georgia state court and was sentenced to death. Solomon raises six issues before this court: (1) whether the prosecutor impermissibly commented on petitioner's post-arrest silence and failure to testify in violation of petitioner...

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