Legal Opinion
Thomas Knight A/k/a, Askari Abdullah Muhammad v. Richard L. Dugger and Tom Barton
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 23, 1989No. 86-5610PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RONEY, Chief Judge:
This is an appeal from the denial of a writ of habeas corpus in a capital case, the tragic facts of which have been referred to as “unusual and bizarre.” Knight v. State, 394 So.2d 997, 999 (Fla.1981). On July 17, 1974, Askari Abdullah Muhammad, formerly known as Thomas Knight, abducted Sydney Gans, a wealthy Miami business man on his way to work, forced him to return to his home and held his wife Lillian hostage, demanding a $50,000 ransom. After Gans obtained the money, notifying law enforcement officers in the process, Muhammad instructed Gans to drive to a se-*706eluded…
2Cases cited143 opinions
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3Cited by65 opinions
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