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BLAKE v. ZANT

No. 81-7417.

737 F.2d 925 (1984)

Joseph James BLAKE, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Walter D. ZANT, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic Center, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 13, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan V. Boleyn, Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., for respondent-appellant.

Millard Farmer, Joseph Nursey, Andrea Young, Millard C. Farmer, Pamela L.J. Arangno, Atlanta, Ga., for petitioner-appellee.

Before TJOFLAT and CLARK, Circuit Judges, and TUTTLE, Senior Circuit Judge.

TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

On February 14, 1976, Joseph James Blake was convicted after a jury trial in Chatham County, Georgia, of the murder of Tiffany Lowery, the two-year-old daughter of Blake's girlfriend. He was sentenced to death. After pursuing various state remedies,1 Blake sought federal habeas corpus relief in the district court. There, Blake claimed, inter alia, that he was denied effective assistance of counsel in the...

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