RUFFIN v. DUGGER

No. 86-3485.

848 F.2d 1512 (1988)

Mack RUFFIN, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant-Cross-Appellee, v. Richard L. DUGGER, Secretary, Florida Department of Offender Rehabilitation, and Tom Barton, Superintendent, Florida State Prison at Starke, Florida, Respondents-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 20, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Asa D. Sokolow, Naomi G. Litvin, Rosenman & Colin, New York City, Joyce Davis, Marc E. Taps, Tallahassee, Fla., for petitioner-appellant-cross-appellee.

William I. Munsey, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, Fla., for respondents-appellees-cross-appellants.

Before TJOFLAT, HATCHETT and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Petitioner, Mack Ruffin, Jr., is a Florida death row inmate, having been convicted and sentenced to death for premeditated murder. Petitioner is also serving a thirty-year prison sentence for sexual assault, a crime associated with the murder. He seeks a writ of habeas corpus setting aside both of his convictions and his death sentence. The district court refused to issue the writ, concluding that none of petitioner's claims disclosed federal constitutional...

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