AGAN v. VAUGHN

No. 96-8085.

119 F.3d 1538 (1997)

Ramsey AGAN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. James VAUGHN, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 27, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Edwin Butler, II, Atlanta, GA, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Michael J. Bowers, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, GA, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before ANDERSON and CARNES, Circuit Judges, and STROM, Senior District Judge.


CARNES, Circuit Judge:

Ramsey Agan was convicted on three counts of bribery in the Superior Court of DeKalb County, Georgia. After exhausting his state remedies, Agan filed in federal district court a 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for a writ of habeas corpus. This appeal arises from the district court's denial of Agan's petition.

I. BACKGROUND

Because a detailed recitation of the facts can be found in the Georgia Court of Appeals opinion on direct...

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