WEEKS v. JONES

No. 92-7110.

26 F.3d 1030 (1994)

Varnall WEEKS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Charlie E. JONES, Warden, Holman State Prison, James H. Evans, Attorney General for the State of Alabama, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 11, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. McMillin, Valerie Amsterdam, New York City, for appellant.

J. Clayton Crenshaw, Asst. Atty. Gen., Montgomery, AL, for appellees.

Before KRAVITCH, COX and BIRCH, Circuit Judges.


BIRCH, Circuit Judge:

In this habeas corpus appeal, the petitioner raises issues of ineffective assistance of counsel, exculpatory evidence, and the failure to accord expert assistance. The district court determined that all of these claims were without merit or procedurally barred. We AFFIRM.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On October 1, 1981, petitioner Varnall Weeks abducted Mark Anthony Batts, a Tuskegee Institute veterinary student, robbed...

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