DIX v. NEWSOME

Civ. A. No. C80-826A.

584 F.Supp. 1052 (1984)

Horace William DIX, Petitioner, v. Lanson NEWSOME, Warden, Georgia State Prison, Respondent.

United States District Court, N.D. Georgia, Atlanta Division.

March 20, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph M. Nursey, Millard C. Farmer, Jr., August Siemon, Atlanta, Ga., for petitioner.

William B. Hill, Susan V. Boleyn, Atlanta, Ga., for respondent.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER OF COURT

HORACE T. WARD, District Judge.

Petitioner, a state prisoner currently incarcerated at the Georgia State Prison, Reidsville, Georgia, has filed this petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner seeks habeas corpus relief from the sentence of death for the offense of murder imposed upon him by the Superior Court of Clayton County, Georgia in March 1975. Petitioner was, at the same trial...

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