Legal Opinion
Charles Michael Kight v. Harry K. Singletary
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 6, 1995No. 92-2935PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:
Charles Michael Kight appeals from the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We hold that Kight is not entitled to relief as to his conviction or his sentence. Accordingly, we AFFIRM.
I
On December 7, 1982, Florida police arrested Charles Michael Kight and Gary Hut-to in connection with the robbery of a black taxicab driver, Herman McGoogin. Kight and Hutto were apprehended separately, each near the scene of the robbery; MeGoo-gin made on-sight identifications of the two men. Kight possessed a knife at the time of his arrest.
On December…
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