RUFFIN v. KEMP

No. 84-8679.

767 F.2d 748 (1985)

Judson RUFFIN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Ralph KEMP, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 18, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Beth Westmoreland, Atlanta, Ga., for respondent-appellee.

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

Before TJOFLAT, HILL and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.


R. LANIER ANDERSON, III, Circuit Judge:

Judson Ruffin ("Ruffin") was convicted of murder, armed robbery, kidnapping, aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm in the Superior Court of Taliaferro County, Georgia, on November 30, 1977. He is currently under sentence of death. Ruffin appeals from that portion of the district court's decision which rejected Ruffin's argument that his trial attorney, Walton Hardin, rendered ineffective assistance of counsel due to...

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