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WILLIS v. NEWSOME

No. 83-8842.

771 F.2d 1445 (1985)

Charles E. WILLIS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Lansome NEWSOME, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 24, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald P. Word, Carrollton, Ga., for petitioner-appellant.

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

Before RONEY and HILL, Circuit Judges, and PITTMAN, District Judge.

PER CURIAM:

Appellant Charles E. Willis, a state prisoner convicted of murdering his son, appeals a district court decision denying his motion to order exhumation of his son's body for purposes of performing an autopsy and a district court decision denying his petition for writ of habeas corpus. We affirm both decisions.

I. FACTS

Apparently, appellant was convicted of murder primarily on the basis of the testimony of his son's wife, the only eye...

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