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DARDEN v. WAINWRIGHT

No. 81-5590.

725 F.2d 1526 (1984)

Willie Jasper DARDEN, Petitioner-Appellant, Cross-Respondent, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Secretary, Department of Corrections, State of Florida, Respondent-Appellee, Cross-Petitioner.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Certiorari Denied June 4, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Augustus Harper, Jr., Tallahassee, Fla., for petitioner-appellant, cross-respondent.

Geoffrey M. Kalmus, New York City, amicus curiae, for NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.

Richard W. Prospect, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, Fla., for respondent-appellee, cross-petitioner.

Before GODBOLD, Chief Judge, RONEY, TJOFLAT, HILL, FAY, VANCE, KRAVITCH, JOHNSON, HENDERSON, ANDERSON and CLARK, Circuit Judges, and MORGAN, Senior Circuit Judge.

Certiorari Denied June 4, 1984. See 104 S.Ct. 2688.

JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

Willie Jasper Darden appeals the denial by the district court of his habeas corpus petition, challenging the constitutionality of his conviction and death sentence. As grounds for relief, petitioner claims that he was denied effective assistance of counsel, that the prosecutors' closing arguments to the jury denied him a fair trial, and that venirepersons were improperly excluded from...

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