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JONES v. NEWSOME

No. 86-8297.

846 F.2d 62 (1988)

Robert L. JONES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Lanson NEWSOME, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

May 27, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Gordon Statham, (court appointed), Decatur, Ga., for plaintiff-appellant.

Paula K. Smith, Susan Boleyn, Asst. Attys. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., for defendant-appellee.

Before RONEY, Chief Judge, TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge and CLEMON, District Judge.

CLEMON, District Judge:

In this action, Robert Lee Jones appeals the denial of his habeas corpus petition. He was convicted of murder by a Fulton County, Georgia jury in 1982 and sentenced to a term of life imprisonment, which he is presently serving. The Georgia Supreme Court subsequently affirmed his sentence on direct appeal. Jones v. State, 251 Ga. 361, 306 S.E.2d...

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