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FORD v. STRICKLAND

No. 81-6200.

676 F.2d 434 (1982)

Alvin Bernard FORD, Petitioner, v. Charles G. STRICKLAND, Jr., Warden, Florida State Prison; Louie L. Wainwright, Secretary, Department of Offender Rehabilitation, State of Florida; Jim Smith, Attorney General, State of Florida, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Rehearing Granted April 28, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard H. Burr, III, Nashville, Tenn., Marvin E. Frankel, New York City, for petitioner.

Joy B. Shearer, Asst. Atty. Gen., W. Palm Beach, Fla., for respondents.

Before RONEY and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges, and PITTMAN, District Judge.

RONEY, Circuit Judge:

Alvin Bernard Ford was charged with shooting a wounded policeman in the back of the head at close range while fleeing from an armed robbery. Convicted of murder, Ford was sentenced to death in Florida. He appeals the denial of a petition for writ of habeas corpus alleging essentially seven contentions: (1) improper admission of an oral confession; (2) failure of the Florida Supreme Court to require resentencing when it found three of the statutory...

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