COLLINS v. FRANCIS

No. 83-8097.

728 F.2d 1322 (1984)

Roger COLLINS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Robert O. FRANCIS, Warden, Ga. Diagnostic and Classification Center, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied May 23, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christine A. Freeman, Ralph Goldberg, Atlanta, Ga., for petitioner-appellant.

Janice G. Hildenbrand, William B. Hill, Jr., Asst. Attys. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., for respondent-appellee.

Before TJOFLAT and HILL, Circuit Judges, and SIMPSON, Senior Circuit Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied May 23, 1984.

PER CURIAM:

Roger Collins was convicted in the Superior Court of Houston County, Georgia, of rape and murder. He was sentenced to fifteen years imprisonment for the rape and to death for the murder. After exhausting his state remedies, Collins petitioned the district court to issue a writ of habeas corpus setting aside his convictions and death sentence on several constitutional grounds. The district court...

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