Christopher A. Burger, Cross-Appellant v. Walter A. Zant, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center, Cross-Appellee

I concur in the majority’s opinion except that, for the following reasons, I dissent from that part of the opinion adopting the district court’s opinion and order, 513 F.Supp. at 795-98, denying Burger’s petition for habeas corpus relief on the grounds that he was denied the right to effective assistance of counsel guaranteed by the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments at both of his state court trials and on appeal to the Supreme Court of Georgia. A review of the record reveals that Burger was denied the effective assistance of counsel both by his appointed counsel’s active representation of his…