SMITH v. ZANT

No. 88-8436.

887 F.2d 1407 (1989)

William Alvin SMITH, Petitioner-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. Walter ZANT, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center, Respondent-Appellee, Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 4, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen H. Glickman, Auckerman, Spaeder, Goldstein, Taylor & Kolker, Washington, D.C., Stephen B. Bright, Atlanta, Ga., for petitioner-appellant, cross-appellee.

Dennis R. Dunn, Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., for respondent-appellee, cross-appellant.

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


BY THE COURT:

William Alvin Smith, a Georgia prisoner, was convicted of armed robbery and malice murder in connection with the robbery and killing of the owner of a grocery store and service station. Smith was sentenced to death for the offense of murder, and unsuccessfully appealed to the Georgia Supreme Court. Smith v. State, 249 Ga. 228, 290 S.E.2d 43...

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