TUCKER v. FRANCIS

No. 83-8466.

723 F.2d 1504 (1984)

Richard TUCKER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Robert FRANCIS, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Opinion on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing March 15, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph M. Nursey, Atlanta, Ga., Kenneth Rose, for petitioner-appellant.

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

Before TJOFLAT and FAY, Circuit Judges, and WISDOM, Senior Circuit Judge.


Opinion on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc March 15, 1984.

FAY, Circuit Judge:

Appellant, Richard Tucker, was convicted of murder and kidnapping in the Superior Court of Bibb County, Georgia. He received two sentences of death. After exhausting his state direct appeal and habeas remedies, appellant filed this petition for writ of habeas corpus in the district court for the Middle District of Georgia. The district court denied relief and this appeal...

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