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COLLINS v. ZANT

No. 86-8439.

892 F.2d 1502 (1990)

Roger COLLINS, Petitioner-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. Walter ZANT, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center, Respondent-Appellee, Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

January 8, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christine A. Freeman, Nashville, Tenn., Ralph Goldberg, Atlanta, Ga., Bryan Stevenson, Alabama Resource Center, Montgomery, Ala., Palmer Singleton, State Univ. of New York at Buffaloe, School of Law, O'Brien Hall, Buffaloe, N.Y., for petitioner-appellant, cross-appellee.

William B. Hill, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen. of Ga., Atlanta, Ga., for respondent-appellee, cross-appellant.

Before TJOFLAT, Chief Judge, VANCE and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

This case involves a second federal habeas corpus proceeding brought by Roger Collins, a Georgia death row inmate, challenging his conviction for murder. In the present proceeding, Collins raises two grounds for relief. First, he claims that an instruction to the jury during the guilt phase of his trial impermissibly shifted to him the burden of proof on intent in violation of Sandstrom v. Montana, 442 U.S. 510, 99...

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