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KING v. MOORE

No. 98-2928.

196 F.3d 1327 (1999)

Amos Lee KING, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Michael W. MOORE, Secretary Florida Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

November 30, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terri L. Backhus, Tampa, FL, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Carol M. Dittmar, Asst. Atty. Gen., State of Florida Dept. of Legal Affairs, Tampa, FL, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before EDMONDSON, COX and BLACK, Circuit Judges.

COX, Circuit Judge:

Amos Lee King, a Florida inmate under a death sentence for murder, appeals the district court's denial of relief on his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition.1 We affirm.

I. Background

The Florida Supreme Court described King's crime thus:

On March 18, 1976, the appellant was an inmate at the Tarpon Springs Community Correctional Center, a work release facility, serving a sentence for larceny of...

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