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OATS v. SINGLETARY

No. 96-3725.

141 F.3d 1018 (1998)

Sonny Boy OATS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Harry K. SINGLETARY, Jr., Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

May 19, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Todd Gerald Scher, Capital Collateral Representative, Miami, FL, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Randall Sutton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Miami, FL, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before ANDERSON, DUBINA and CARNES, Circuit Judges.

ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Sonny Boy Oats ("Oats"), a prisoner awaiting execution on Florida's death row, appeals from the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. For the reasons stated below, we affirm the district court's decision to deny the writ.1

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On December 20, 1979, Jeanette Dyer, the cashier at a convenience store near Ocala, Florida, was killed...

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