DALLAS v. WARDEN

No. 17-14570.

964 F.3d 1285 (2020)

Donald DALLAS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. WARDEN, Attorney General, State of Alabama, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 13, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Natalie Carroll Rezek Olmstead , Christine A. Freeman , Federal Defender Program, Inc., Montgomery, AL, Joseph Peter Van Heest, Attorney at Law, Montgomery, AL, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Henry M. Johnson , Beth Jackson Hughes , Steven Marshall , Alabama Attorney General's Office, Montgomery, AL, for Respondents-Appellees.

Before MARTIN, BRANCH and MARCUS, Circuit Judges.


On a hot July day in 1994, Donald Dallas and Carolyn ("Polly") Yaw hatched a plan to obtain money to buy crack cocaine. At a shopping center in Prattville, Alabama, they chose their victim, 73-year-old Hazel Liveoak. As Mrs. Liveoak loaded groceries into her car, Dallas and Yaw approached the vehicle. They pushed her into...

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