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FUGATE v. HEAD

No. 98-8930.

261 F.3d 1206 (2001)

Wallace M. FUGATE, III, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Frederick J. HEAD, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Prison, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 16, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen B. Bright, Atlanta, GA, Christopher M. Johnson, Southern Center for Human Rights, Atlanta, GA, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Susan V. Boleyn, Mary Beth Westmoreland, State of Georgia Law Dept., Atlanta, GA, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before BIRCH, HULL and MARCUS, Circuit Judges.

HULL, Circuit Judge:

In this appeal, petitioner-appellant Wallace M. Fugate, III seeks review of the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus to vacate his conviction for the 1991 murder of his ex-wife and his death sentence. He argues that his attorneys rendered ineffective assistance of counsel in both the guilt and penalty phases. We affirm the denial of his petition.

I. BACKGROUND

The facts concerning the murder are...

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