Legal Opinion
Johnny Mack Westbrook v. Walter D. Zant, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided September 21, 1984No. 83-8880PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:
This appeal arises from this Court’s remand in Westbrook v. Zant, 704 F.2d 1487 (11th Cir.1983) (“Westbrook /”). We hold that the district court, 575 F.Supp. 186 (1983), erred in failing to follow the law of this case and the mandate of the West-brook I court on remand by refusing to grant habeas corpus relief on petitioner’s claim of ineffective assistance of counsel. Accordingly, we reverse the district court’s denial of habeas corpus relief and enforce the mandate of Westbrook I.
Petitioner Johnny Mack Westbrook was convicted by a Jones County, Georgia, jury of two…
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