HILL, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner Robert Lewis Buford was convicted of first-degree murder, sexual battery upon a person under eleven years of age, and burglary, in connection with the rape and murder of seven-year old Toni Wright in November 1977. Following the Florida trifurcated procedure, the jury returned verdicts of guilty; the jury recommended life imprisonment for the murder and sexual battery convictions; and the trial judge imposed the death penalty for the...
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