Legal Opinion
James Dwight Thomas v. James Crosby
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided May 26, 2004No. 01-11314PublishedCited by 171 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLACK, Circuit Judge:
Appellant James Dwight Thomas, a state prisoner, appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
In 1973, Appellant pled nolo contendere in Florida state court to second-degree murder and was sentenced to 85 years’ imprisonment. He subsequently escaped from a Florida prison and fled to New York, where he remained a fugitive for close to 17 years. In 1993, Appellant was extradited to Florida to serve the remainder of his original sentence.
The Florida Parole Commission (FPC) considered Appellant’s case in 1994 and…
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3Cited by171 opinions
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