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PORTER v. ATTORNEY GENERAL

No. 07-12976.

552 F.3d 1260 (2008)

George PORTER, Jr., Petitioner-Appellee, v. ATTORNEY GENERAL, State of Florida, Secretary, Department of Corrections, Respondents-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

December 18, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth Sloan Nunnelley, Daytona Beach, FL, for appellant.

Linda McDermott (Court-Appointed), McClain & McDermott, P.A., Wilton Manors, FL, for appellee.

Before CARNES, WILSON and PRYOR, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

The Attorney General of Florida and the Secretary of the Department of Corrections of Florida ("State") appeal the district court's grant of George Porter, Jr.'s petition for federal habeas corpus relief. Porter was sentenced to death for the 1986 murder of Evelyn Williams, his former live-in lover. After exhausting his state post-conviction remedies, Porter filed, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the Middle...

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