Legal Opinion
William Howard Putman v. Frederick J. Head
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided October 9, 2001No. 99-13479PublishedCited by 227 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLACK, Circuit Judge:
Appellant William Howard Putman was convicted of two counts of murder and sentenced to death for each count on September 17, 1982, in Cook County, Georgia.' On April 22, 1997, Appellant filed, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, a federal petition for a writ of habeas corpus, challenging his Cook County convictions and sentences as constitutionally infirm. The district court denied the petition. See Putman v. Turpin, 53 F.Supp.2d 1285 (M.D.Ga.1999). On September 10, 1999, Appellant filed the instant appeal. We affirm.
I. ISSUES FOR REVIEW
As this appeal was initiated after April…
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