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JORDAN v. LIPPMAN

No. 84-8191.

763 F.2d 1265 (1985)

Forrest Andrew JORDAN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Ray LIPPMAN, Warden, and Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General for the State of Georgia, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 21, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James K. Jenkins, Savannah, Ga., John Oliver Ellis, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., for petitioner-appellant.

Mary Beth Westmoreland, Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., Kenneth C. Etheridge, Asst. U.S. Atty., Savannah, Ga., for respondent-appellee.

Before VANCE and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges, and PITTMAN, District Judge.

R. LANIER ANDERSON, III, Circuit Judge:

On July 23, 1978, there was a riot at the Georgia State Prison in Reidsville ("GSP-Reidsville"). The riot left two inmates and one prison guard dead and another guard seriously wounded. Appellant Forrest Andrew Jordan was charged with mutiny in a penal institution, aggravated assault against the wounded guard, and the murder of the other guard. A Tattnall County, Georgia, jury convicted...

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