Legal Opinion
Fugate v. Head
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 16, 2001No. 98-8930PublishedCited by 127 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HULL, Circuit Judge:
In this appeal, petitioner-appellant Wallace M. Fugate, III seeks review of the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus to vacate his conviction for the 1991 murder of his ex-wife and his death sentence. He argues that his attorneys rendered ineffective assistance of counsel in both the guilt and penalty phases. We affirm the denial of his petition.
I. BACKGROUND
The facts concerning the murder are not in dispute. The following description is taken from the opinion of the Georgia Supreme Court:
Fugate and the victim were divorced after almost 20…
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