Legal Opinion
Edward Horsley v. State of Alabama
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided February 1, 1995No. 92-6813PublishedCited by 94 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDMONDSON, Circuit Judge:
Edward Horsley, a prisoner of the state of Alabama, appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. We affirm the judgment.
BACKGROUND
In 1977, Horsley was convicted and sentenced to death in Monroe County, Alabama for the capital offense of robbery in which the victim is intentionally killed, Ala.Code § 13 — 11—2(a)(2) (1975).
Horsley’s guilt is not disputed. Both Horsley and his co-defendant Brian Baldwin confessed. We briefly review the facts. On Saturday, March 12, 1977, Horsley (then nineteen years old)…
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