CRAIG v. SINGLETARY

No. 93-5123.

80 F.3d 1509 (1996)

Donald Lee CRAIG, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Harry K. SINGLETARY, Secretary Department of Corrections, State of Florida, Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Attorney General of the State of Florida, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 19, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald Lee Craig, Avon Park, FL, pro se.

Paul M. Rashkind, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Miami, FL, for appellant.

Robert Butterworth, Atty. General, Dept. of Legal Affairs, Tallahassee, FL, Consuelo S. Maingot, Office of Attorney General, Miami, FL, for appellees.

Before HATCHETT and BARKETT, Circuit Judges, and GODBOLD, Senior Circuit Judge.


GODBOLD, Senior Circuit Judge:

Petitioner, Donald Lee Craig, convicted of murder in state court, filed for a writ of habeas corpus in the Southern District of Florida. The district court denied the writ, adopting the recommendations and reports of the Magistrate Judge. The court concluded that: (1) the admission of Craig's initial confession was harmless error; (2) the admission of his addendum confession was not error because Craig voluntarily reinstated contact...

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