Legal Opinion
Robert E. Llewellyn v. Leroy Stynchcombe, Sheriff, and State of Georgia
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 4, 1980No. 79-1655PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VANCE, Circuit Judge:
Robert E. Llewellyn was convicted by a state court jury of murder in three counts. The Georgia Supreme Court affirmed the conviction and life sentence, and the federal district court denied habeas corpus. We affirm.
The indictment charged that Llewellyn hired an accomplice, Robert Larry Schneider, first to burn out and later to kill Peter Winokur, the owner of a competing nightclub. Schneider twice failed to burn Wino-kur’s establishment, and the jury heard evidence that Llewellyn ordered these arson incidents. Schneider and two accomplices then tied up Winokur and two…
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