SEARS v. WARDEN GDCP

No. 18-13467.

73 F.4th 1269 (2023)

Demarcus Ali SEARS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. WARDEN GDCP, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Filed: July 19, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan Jill Benton , Federal Defender Program, Atlanta, GA, Robert P. Edwards, Jr. , Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Beth Attaway Burton , Christopher Michael Carr , Sabrina Graham , Georgia Department of Law, Attorney General's Office, Atlanta, GA, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before Jordan, Rosenbaum, and Jill Pryor, Circuit Judges.


Petitioner Demarcus Ali Sears sits on death row in Georgia following his convictions for kidnapping with bodily injury and armed robbery. He appeals the district court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The district court and this Court have granted Sears certificates of appealability on nine combined...

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