SANDSTROM v. BUTTERWORTH

No. 83-5431.

738 F.2d 1200 (1984)

Ray SANDSTROM, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Robert BUTTERWORTH, Sheriff, et al., Respondents-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 13, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. McLane, Asst. Atty. Gen., State of Florida, West Palm Beach, Fla., for respondents-appellants.

Ray Sandstrom, pro se, Sandstrom & Haddad, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for petitioner-appellee.

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


GOLDBERG, Senior Circuit Judge:

The functioning of our legal system occasionally brings into direct opposition fundamental values upon which the entire system rests. Absolute conflicts between these basic values, where preserving one value requires compromise of another, are among the most perplexing challenges that this Court encounters. This habeas corpus appeal presents just such a challenge. It involves one manifestation of the tension that exists between the...

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