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PATTERSON v. AUSTIN

No. 82-8092.

728 F.2d 1389 (1984)

Roy L. PATTERSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Sam AUSTIN, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 2, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Carroll, Montgomery, Ala., for petitioner-appellant.

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

Before RONEY and CLARK, Circuit Judges, and GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.

CLARK, Circuit Judge:

In September of 1975, the petitioner, Roy L. Patterson, was tried and convicted in the Superior Court of Crisp County, Georgia, for the murders of J.D. Young and W.R. Haralson, and was sentenced to two consecutive terms of life imprisonment. His convictions were affirmed on direct appeal to the Georgia Supreme Court, a subsequent petition for writ of habeas corpus in state court was denied, and the...

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