DAVIS v. SINGLETARY

No. 94-2872.

119 F.3d 1471 (1997)

Allen Lee DAVIS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Harry K. SINGLETARY, Jr., Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 11, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen M. Kissinger, Tallahassee, Florida, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Mark C. Menser, Gypsy Cowheard Bailey and Mark S. Dunn, Asst. Attys. Gen., Tallahassee, Florida, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before EDMONDSON, BIRCH and CARNES, Circuit Judges.


CARNES, Circuit Judge:

Allen Lee Davis was convicted and sentenced to death in Florida for the brutal murders of Nancy Weiler, her ten-year-old daughter Kristina, and five-year-old daughter Katherine. The murders occurred in the Weiler home in Jacksonville, Florida, on May 11, 1982.

In denying Davis' petition for a writ of habeas corpus, 28 U.S.C. § 2254, the district court issued a detailed opinion thoroughly discussing the extensive procedural history...

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