HARRISON v. JONES

No. 88-7707.

880 F.2d 1279 (1989)

Jerry HARRISON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Ron JONES and Attorney General of the State of Alabama, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 21, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Bolton, III, Robison & Belser, P.A., Lewey C. Hammett, Jr., Montgomery, Ala., for petitioner-appellant.

Don Siegelman, Atty. Gen., Stacey S. Houston, Asst. Atty. Gen., Montgomery, Ala., for respondents-appellees.

Before KRAVITCH, JOHNSON and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.


JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

This appeal arises from the denial of a petition for habeas corpus relief brought under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254(d) by an Alabama state prison inmate sentenced to life imprisonment under Alabama's Habitual Felony Offender Act, Ala.Code Ann. § 13A-5-9(c)(2). We affirm in part and reverse in part.

I. FACTS

On January 26, 1984, petitioner Jerry Harrison was tried and convicted in Alabama state court of theft of property....

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