JOHNSON v. WARDEN, GA DIAGNOSTIC & CLASSIFICATION

No. 15-15173.

805 F.3d 1317 (2015)

Marcus Ray JOHNSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. WARDEN, GEORGIA DIAGNOSTIC AND CLASSIFICATION PRISON, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

November 19, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian Kammer , Marcia A. Widder , Atlanta, GA, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Beth Attaway Burton , Attorney General's Office, Atlanta, GA, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before ED CARNES, Chief Judge, HULL and WILLIAM PRYOR, Circuit Judges.


Marcus Ray Johnson, a Georgia inmate under a death sentence, filed a 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the district court on the eve of his execution.

I. FACTS OF THE CRIMES

The Georgia Supreme Court summarized the facts of Johnson's 1994 crimes as follows:

The evidence adduced at trial...

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