HUNT, Justice.
Brooks' 1977 malice murder conviction and death sentence were vacated on the appeal of his petition for federal habeas corpus in 1987 by the Eleventh Circuit due to a burden-shifting charge. (His convictions for rape, armed robbery and kidnapping were not vacated.) Brooks v. Kemp,
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