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THIGPEN v. SMITH

No. 85-7264.

792 F.2d 1507 (1986)

Donald THIGPEN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Fred SMITH, et al., Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied August 7, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley A. Teitler, New York City, for petitioner-appellant.

Ed Carnes, Asst. Atty. Gen., Montgomery, Ala., for respondents-appellees.

Before TJOFLAT, HILL and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied August 7, 1986.

TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

I.

On May 5, 1972, Donald Thigpen was convicted of first-degree murder by a jury in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Alabama, for the slaying of Cassie Lee Davis. Thigpen was sentenced to death, but, on appeal, the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals reduced the sentence to life imprisonment. Thigpen v. State, 50 Ala.App. 176, 277 So.2d 922...

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