Legal Opinion
Mills v. Singletary
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided December 1, 1998No. 96-3506PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Per curiam
In this capital case, appellant Gregory Mills challenges the district court’s denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
The Florida Supreme Court described the circumstances surrounding the murder of James Wright and Mills’s trial as follows:
The evidence at the trial showed that Gregory Mills and his accomplice Vincent Ashley broke into the home of James and Margaret Wright in Sanford between two and three o’clock in the morning, intending to find something to steal. When James Wright woke up and left his bedroom to investigate,…
2Cases cited67 opinions
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- Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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3Cited by67 opinions
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