Legal Opinion
Christopher A. Burger v. Walter D. Zant, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided February 12, 1993No. 90-9137PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Per curiam
In this capital case, we affirm the district court’s ruling that all of the appellant’s claims are barred due to abuse of the writ, successive petition, or procedural default doctrines.
FACTS
On September 4, 1977, the appellant, Christopher Burger, who was seventeen years old, and Thomas Stevens, army privates stationed at Fort Stewart, Georgia, were drinking at a club on the army base. Another private, James Botsford, had arranged for them to pick him up from the Savannah airport and bring him back to the base. After Burger and Stevens spent all their money, they decided to rob a taxicab…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Murray v. CarrierSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Teague v. LaneSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- McCleskey v. ZantSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Ake v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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3Cited by41 opinions
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- Braun v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1997
- Varnall Weeks v. Ronald E. Jones, Commissioner of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1995
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