Legal Opinion
James Randall Rogers, Cross-Appellee. v. Walter D. Zant
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided January 21, 1994No. 92-8345PublishedCited by 276 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDMONDSON, Circuit Judge:
In this death penalty case, we must decide whether the district court properly granted petitioner’s request for relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 on the ground that petitioner received ineffective assistance of counsel. For the reasons stated below, we conclude that the district court should have granted no relief.
BACKGROUND
Rogers has been convicted of murdering his neighbor, Grace Perry, in Floyd County, Georgia, in 1980. Perry died when she was impaled with a rake handle. Rogers’ first conviction for this crime was overturned by Georgia’s Supreme Court. Rogers v. State,…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Wainwright v. WittSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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3Cited by276 opinions
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