Legal Opinion
Anthony Bertolotti v. Richard Dugger, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 31, 1989No. 89-3104PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner Anthony Bertolotti, a Florida prisoner under sentence of death, appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for the writ of habeas corpus. Concluding that Bertolotti’s claims lack merit, we affirm the judgment of the district court.
I. PROCEDURAL HISTORY
Bertolotti was convicted of first-degree murder for the September 1983 slaying of Carol Miller Ward in Orlando, Florida. The jury returned a general verdict of guilty upon a charge of felony murder and premeditated murder, both of which are death-eligible crimes under Florida law, Fla.Stat. Ann. §…
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