Legal Opinion
Joyce Lisa Cummings v. Richard L. Dugger and Robert A. Butterworth
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided January 12, 1989No. 87-3787PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:
Joyce Lisa Cummings seeks federal ha-beas corpus relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254. We affirm the district court’s denial of relief.
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Cummings was employed by John Bradford at an optical laboratory that he owned. While working at the lab, she became friendly with his wife, Priscilla Bradford, and Janice Gould. Cummings and Gould became aware that Priscilla was being physically abused by her husband John and agreed to help Priscilla plan his murder. Although a number of plans were considered, 1 the women ultimately decided to help Priscilla attack John when he…
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