MORGAN v. ZANT

No. CV 182-055.

582 F.Supp. 1026 (1984)

Alphonso MORGAN, Petitioner, v. Walter D. ZANT, Respondent.

United States District Court, S.D. Georgia, Augusta Division.

February 8, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Hoffmann, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., John F.M. Ranitz, Jr., Ranitz, Mahoney, Forbes & Coolidge, P.C., Savannah, Ga., for petitioner.

Michael J. Bowers, Atty. Gen., Nicholas G. Dumich, Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., for respondent.


ORDER

BOWEN, District Judge.

The petitioner, Alphonso Morgan, applies to this Court for a writ of habeas corpus, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254.

The Georgia Supreme Court summarized the evidence and described the petitioner's crime as follows:

On August 22, 1976, at 11:30 p.m., the victim James Gray was driving to his job as night superintendent at the Graniteville Company in South Carolina...

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