Legal Opinion
Cargill v. Turpin
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 21, 1997No. 94-8735PublishedCited by 130 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HATCHETT, Chief Judge:
The appellant, David Cargill, a Georgia state prisoner convicted of two counts of murder and two counts of armed robbery, appeals the denial of his habeas corpus petition challenging his convictions and death sentences. We affirm.
I. FACTS1
On the evening of Tuesday, January 22,1985, police discovered the dead bodies of Cheryl Williams and her husband, Danny, on the floor of the Premium Oil Service Station on River Road in Bibb City, Georgia.2 The Williamses had each sustained two gunshots to the head while lying on the floor; Cheryl Williams was shot from a distance of…
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3Cited by130 opinions
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