Legal Opinion
Roger Collins v. Robert O. Francis, Warden, Ga. Diagnostic and Classification Center
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided March 15, 1984No. 83-8097PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Per curiam
Roger Collins was convicted in the Superior Court of Houston County, Georgia, of rape and murder. He was sentenced to fifteen years imprisonment for the rape and to death for the murder. After exhausting his state remedies, Collins petitioned the district court to issue a writ of habeas corpus setting aside his convictions and death sentence on several constitutional grounds. The district court denied his petition, and we affirm.
I
The events leading up to this appeal began on the evening of August 6, 1977. Collins, a black male eighteen years old, and two friends, William Durham, Collins’…
2Cases cited49 opinions
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3Cited by77 opinions
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