Willie X. Ross v. Joe S. Hopper

KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:

On March 3,1974, after a jury trial in the Superior Court of Colquitt County, Georgia, Willie X. Ross was convicted of armed robbery, kidnapping and murder. Sentences of life imprisonment, twenty years and the death penalty were imposed, respectively. The convictions and sentences were affirmed by the Georgia Supreme Court. Ross v. State, 233 Ga. 361, 211 S.E.2d 356 (1974), cert. denied, 428 U.S. 910, 96 S.Ct. 3222, 49 L.Ed.2d 1217 (1976). Appellant then petitioned for state habeas corpus relief. After a hearing, relief was denied. That decision was affirmed in Ross v.…