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BLANKENSHIP v. HALL

No. 08-10511.

542 F.3d 1253 (2008)

Roy Willard BLANKENSHIP, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Hilton HALL, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 15, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas H. Dunn (Court-Appointed), Ga. Resource Ctr., Atlanta, GA, for Blankenship.

Susan V. Boleyn, State Law Dept., Atlanta, GA, for Hall.

Before BLACK, HULL and WILSON, Circuit Judges.

BLACK, Circuit Judge:

Thirty years ago, Sarah Mims Bowen was found dead in her apartment. She had been raped and brutalized. Today, Roy Willard Blankenship, having been tried, convicted, and thrice sentenced to die for the killing, seeks from this Court a writ of habeas corpus. Arguing his counsel at his third and final sentencing trial was ineffective, he believes he is entitled to relief. We hold that he is not.

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A. 1978: The Crime

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