FORD v. SCHOFIELD

Civil Action File No. 1:01-CV-2595-TWT.

488 F.Supp.2d 1258 (2007)

Melbert Ray FORD, Petitioner, v. Derrick SCHOFIELD, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center, Respondent.

United States District Court, N.D. Georgia, Atlanta Division.

May 11, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thurbert E. Baker, Susan Virginia Boleyn, Kathleen Mary Pacious, Paula K. Smith, Office of State Attorney General, Atlanta, GA, for Respondent.

Brian Mendelsohn, Federal Defender Program, Mary Frances Radford, Atlanta, GA, for Petitioner.


OPINION AND ORDER

THRASH, District Judge.

This is a habeas corpus action in a state death penalty case. It is before the Court on the Amended Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Person in State Custody [Doc. 10]. For the reasons set forth below, the Amended Petition is DENIED.

I. BACKGROUND

On March 11, 1986, Melbert Ray Ford was indicted by the Newton County, Georgia, grand...

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