HAMILTON v. FORD

No. 90-8023.

969 F.2d 1006 (1992)

Henry HAMILTON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Paul FORD, Warden, Jack T. Rutledge Correctional Institute, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 21, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glen M. Darbyshire, Hunter Maclean Exley & Dunn, PC, Savannah, Ga., for petitioner-appellant.

Henry Hamilton, pro se.

Dennis Robert Dunn, Office of State Atty., Paula K. Smith, Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., for respondent-appellee.

Before BIRCH, Circuit Judge, JOHNSON and BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judges.


BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a denial of a writ of habeas corpus from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Petitioner Henry Hamilton claims ineffective assistance of counsel as well various trial errors. Because we find that petitioner received ineffective assistance of counsel, we conditionally grant petitioner's writ.

Background

Hamilton was arrested and subsequently indicted in Georgia...

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