DAVIS v. ZANT

No. 92-9245.

36 F.3d 1538 (1994)

John Michael DAVIS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Walter D. ZANT, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

October 21, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., and Theresa A. Chmara, Jenner & Block, Washington, DC, for appellant.

Mary Beth Westmoreland, Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta, GA, for appellee.

Before ANDERSON, DUBINA and BLACK, Circuit Judges.


ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:

John Michael Davis appeals the denial of his federal petition for habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Davis was convicted by a jury of first degree murder and armed robbery in connection with the death by strangulation of Susan Marlene Isham; he pled guilty to theft arising from the same incident. He was sentenced to death for the murder, twenty years for the armed robbery and ten years...

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