Legal Opinion
Marsden v. Moore
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 28, 1988No. Nos. 87-7174, 87-7708PublishedCited by 327 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Circuit Judge:
Norman Marsden, an Alabama prisoner serving a life sentence for murder, appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Finding that none of the claims advanced by Marsden warrant habeas relief, we affirm.
I
Jerry Gillespie was found dead in his Huntsville, Alabama home on Monday, March 3, 1980. Gillespie had been shot once in the chest, struck in the back of the head, and stabbed. According to police, the living room of Gillespie’s home “was disarrayed as if there had been a fight within the area.” A bullet was found near Gillespie’s body.
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