Larry J. Johnson v. Louie L. Wainwright, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, Respondent

VANCE, Circuit Judge:

The petitioner, Larry Joe Johnson, is a Florida inmate who was sentenced to death and to a consecutive life sentence for robbing and murdering a service station operator. He now appeals the district court’s denial of his motion for habeas corpus relief, contending that his conviction and/or sentence were invalid on six constitutional grounds. We affirm.

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Johnson was charged with robbing and fatally shooting James Maxwell Hadden on March 16, 1979. The state’s case in the guilt phase 1 was based primarily on the testimony of Patty Burks, a seventeen year old girl who had…