Legal Opinion
Robert Lewis Collier v. Tony Turpin, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided March 29, 1999No. 95-8682PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:
We withdraw our opinion in Collier v. Turpin, 155 F.3d 1277 (11th Cir.1998) and substitute therefor the following opinion.
Robert Lewis Collier appeals the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. In 1978, Collier was convicted in the Superior Court of Catoosa County, Georgia, of felony murder, aggravated assault, and three armed robberies. Collier was sentenced to death for the murder conviction. The murder occurred as Collier fled from the scene of three armed robberies; the victim was a deputy sheriff. Collier’s petition for habeas corpus relief presented a…
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