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BOWEN v. KEMP

Nos. 84-8327, 84-8342.

832 F.2d 546 (1987)

Charlie Benson BOWEN, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Ralph KEMP, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center, Respondent-Appellant. Horace William DIX, Petitioner-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. Ralph KEMP, Warden, Georgia State Prison, Respondent-Appellant, Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

October 22, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan V. Boleyn, William B. Hill, Jr., Asst. Attys. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., for Kemp.

Paul H. Kehir, Snellville, Ga., court-appointed William A. Alper, Summit, Rovins & Feldesman, New York City, for Bowen.

Joseph M. Nursey, Atlanta, Ga., for Dix.

Before RONEY, Chief Judge, GODBOLD, TJOFLAT, HILL, FAY, VANCE, KRAVITCH, JOHNSON, HATCHETT, ANDERSON, CLARK and EDMONDSON, Circuit Judges.

VANCE, Circuit Judge:

These cases present the question whether by raising an insanity defense, a defendant places intent at issue so that under this court's decision in Davis v. Kemp, 752 F.2d 1515 (11th Cir.) (en banc), cert. denied, 471 U.S. 1143, 105 S.Ct. 2689, 86 L.Ed.2d 706 (1985), a Sandstrom1 error cannot be harmless.

In Bowen v. Kemp, 769 F.2d...

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