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ADAMS v. WAINWRIGHT

No. 86-3207.

804 F.2d 1526 (1986)

Aubrey Dennis ADAMS, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. Louie WAINWRIGHT, Jim Smith, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

November 13, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark E. Olive, David A. Reiser, Tallahassee, Fla., Ronald J. Tabak, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York City, Kenneth M. Hart, Tallahassee, Fla., for petitioner-appellant.

Margene Roper, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Legal Affairs, Richard B. Martell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, Fla., for respondents-appellees.

Before RONEY, Chief Judge, FAY and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges.

JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner, Aubrey Dennis Adams, was convicted in October 1978 of the first degree murder of eight-year-old Trisa Gail Thornley and was sentenced to death in January 1979. His conviction and sentence were affirmed by the Florida Supreme Court, Adams v. State, 412 So.2d 850 (Fla.), cert. denied, 459 U.S. 882, 103 S.Ct. 182, 74 L.Ed.2d 148 (1982), and his motions for post-conviction relief pursuant...

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