MOORE v. KEMP

No. 84-8423.

824 F.2d 847 (1987)

William Neal MOORE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Ralph KEMP, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 27, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Charles Boger, New York City, for petitioner-appellant.

Susan V. Boleyn, Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., for respondent-appellee.

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


GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner Moore raised in a second federal habeas petition new grounds not raised in his first federal petition and allegedly based upon new principles of law laid down since the first federal petition. The major decision for the en banc court concerns the determination of whether this was an abuse of the writ under Rule 9(b) of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases.

Moore was convicted of murder in Georgia after a plea of guilty...

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