Forrest Andrew Jordan v. Ray Lippman, Warden, and Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General for the State of Georgia

R. LANIER ANDERSON, III, Circuit Judge:

On July 23, 1978, there was a riot at the Georgia State Prison in Reidsville (“GSPReidsville”). The riot left two inmates and one prison guard dead and another guard seriously wounded. Appellant Forrest Andrew Jordan was charged with mutiny in a penal institution, aggravated assault against the wounded guard, and the murder of the other guard. A Tattnall County, Georgia, jury convicted Jordan of mutiny and murder, sentencing him to five years on the mutiny charge and to life on the murder charge. 1 The sentences were to run consecutively to each other…