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THOMPSON v. WAINWRIGHT

No. 84-5815.

787 F.2d 1447 (1986)

William Lee THOMPSON, Petitioner-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee, Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied May 30, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael L. Von Zamft, Talburt, Kubicki, Bradley & Draper, Miami, Fla. (court-appointed), Diane E. Marger, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., for petitioner-appellant, cross-appellee.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. of Fla., Calvin L. Fox, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Fla., Dept. of Legal Affairs, Miami, Fla., for respondent-appellee, cross-appellant.

Before GODBOLD, Chief Judge, KRAVITCH and HATCHETT, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied May 30, 1986.

KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:

William Thompson, a prisoner of Florida, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the federal district court asking that his murder conviction and death sentence be set aside. After an evidentiary hearing the district court denied relief. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

The Florida Supreme Court summarized the facts of the crime in deciding Thompson's direct appeal...

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