Legal Opinion
Ellis Wayne Felker v. Tony Turpin, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided May 2, 1996No. 96-1077PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BY THE COURT:
In Felker v. Thomas, 52 F.3d 907 (11th Cir.), extended on denial of rehearing, 62 F.3d 342 (11th Cir.1995), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 116 S.Ct. 956, 133 L.Ed.2d 879 (1996), we affirmed the denial of habeas corpus relief as to the murder, rape, aggravated sodomy, and false imprisonment convictions, as well as the death sentence of Ellis Wayne Felker. The procedural history, evidence, and facts in the case are summarized in our prior opinions and in the Georgia Supreme Court’s decision affirming his convictions and sentence on direct appeal, Felker v. State, 252 Ga. 351, 314 S.E.2d…
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3Cited by56 opinions
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