WOODS v. DUGGER

No. 89-3420.

923 F.2d 1454 (1991)

Ronald WOODS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Richard L. DUGGER, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

February 5, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Billy H. Nolas, Larry H. Spalding, Office of the Capital Collateral Representative, Tallahassee, Fla., for petitioner-appellant.

Gary L. Printz, Richard B. Martell, Dept. of Legal Affairs, Tallahassee, Fla., for respondent-appellee.

Before KRAVITCH, JOHNSON and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

This case is an appeal from the district court's denial of Ronald Woods' petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND

This case arose out of a disturbance at the Union Correctional Institution in Union County, Florida on May 5, 1983. Woods and his co-defendant, Leonard Bean, attacked a number of correctional officers at the prison, including John Dennard. Woods, who was eighteen at the time, stabbed and killed...

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