BURGER v. ZANT

No. 90-9137.

984 F.2d 1129 (1993)

Christopher A. BURGER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Walter D. ZANT, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

February 12, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Millard Farmer, Joseph M. Nursey, Atlanta, GA, John H. Blume, Columbia, SC, for petitioner-appellant.

Susan V. Boleyn, Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta, GA, for respondent-appellee.

Before HATCHETT, EDMONDSON and COX, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

In this capital case, we affirm the district court's ruling that all of the appellant's claims are barred due to abuse of the writ, successive petition, or procedural default doctrines.

FACTS

On September 4, 1977, the appellant, Christopher Burger, who was seventeen years old, and Thomas Stevens, army privates stationed at Fort Stewart, Georgia, were drinking at a club on the army base. Another private, James Botsford, had arranged for...

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