Legal Opinion
Wright v. Hopper
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided March 10, 1999No. 97-6646PublishedCited by 347 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUBINA, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner, Freddie Lee Wright (“Wright”), appeals the district court’s order denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Wright was convicted and sentenced to death for the December 1, 1977, robbery and murders of Warren and Lois Green (“the Greens” or “the victims”), at the Western Auto Store in Mt. Vernon, Alabama. After reviewing the entire record in this case, and having the benefit of oral argument and the parties’ briefs, we affirm the judgment of the district court.
I. BACKGROUND
A. Facts
The facts are recited verbatim from the opinion of the Alabama Court of…
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