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MATHIS v. ZANT

Civ. A. No. 1:87-CV-2355-MHS.

704 F.Supp. 1062 (1989)

James MATHIS, Petitioner, v. Walter ZANT, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center, Respondent.

United States District Court, N.D. Georgia, Atlanta Division.

January 26, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Raymond Hauptman, Hauptman & Rothstein, Atlanta, Ga., for James Mathis.

Dennis Robert Dunn, State of Georgia Law Dept., and William Bradley Hill, Jr., Office of State Atty. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., for Walter Zant.

ORDER

SHOOB, District Judge.

Presently before the Court is a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by James Mathis ("Mathis"). By an order dated July 26, 1988, the Court found that counsel's performance during the penalty phase of petitioner's trial failed to meet reasonable professional standards. The Court deferred ruling on the petition, however, because petitioner did not demonstrate that prejudice occurred as a result of trial counsel's conduct...

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