STEINHORST v. WAINWRIGHT

No. 64755.

477 So.2d 537 (1985)

Walter Gale STEINHORST, Petitioner, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied November 19, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen D. Alexander and Wendy Snyder of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, New York City, for petitioner.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Lawrence A. Kaden, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for respondent.


PER CURIAM.

This proceeding is before the Court on the petition of Walter Gale Steinhorst for a writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner Steinhorst is a state prisoner under sentence of death. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(9), Fla. Const.

Steinhorst was convicted of four counts of first-degree murder. He received sentences of death on three of the murder convictions and a sentence of life imprisonment on the...

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