PUTMAN v. HEAD

No. 99-13479.

268 F.3d 1223 (2001)

William Howard PUTMAN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Frederick J. HEAD, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

DECIDED October 9, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paula Khristian Smith, GA Dept. of Law, Atlanta, GA, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before BLACK, HULL and WILSON, Circuit Judges.


BLACK, Circuit Judge:

Appellant William Howard Putman was convicted of two counts of murder and sentenced to death for each count on September 17, 1982, in Cook County, Georgia. On April 22, 1997, Appellant filed, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, a federal petition for a writ of habeas corpus, challenging his Cook County convictions and sentences as constitutionally infirm. The district court denied the petition. See Putman v. Turpin,

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