Ronald K. Spivey v. Walter Zant, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center

661 F.2d 464

Ronald K. SPIVEY, Petitioner-Appellant,

v.

Walter ZANT, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification

Center, Respondent-Appellee.

No. 80-7243.

United States Court of Appeals,

Fifth Circuit.

Unit B*

Nov. 16, 1981.

Jeffrey D. Colman, Jenner & Block, Michael Shepard, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner-appellant.

William B. Hill, Staff Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., for respondent-appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia.

Before DYER, TJOFLAT and FAY, Circuit Judges.

TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

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On June 30, 1977, a jury in the Superior Court of Muscogee…