Legal Opinion
Agan v. Vaughn
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 27, 1997No. 96-8085PublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARNES, Circuit Judge:
Ramsey Agan was convicted on three counts of bribery in the Superior Court of DeKalb County, Georgia. After exhausting his state remedies, Agan filed in federal district court a 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for a writ of habeas corpus. This appeal arises from the district court’s denial of Agan’s petition.
I. BACKGROUND
Because a detailed recitation of the facts can be found in the Georgia Court of Appeals opinion on direct appeal, see Agan v. State, 191 Ga.App. 92, 380 S.E.2d 757, 759-60 (1989), aff'd in part, rev’d in part, 259 Ga. 541, 384 S.E.2d 863 (1989), and cert.…
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