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BOOTH v. STATE OF MD.

Civil No. JFM-96-2766.

940 F.Supp. 849 (1996)

John Marvin BOOTH, et al. v. STATE OF MARYLAND, et al.

United States District Court, D. Maryland.

October 3, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nevett Steele, Jr., Towson, MD, William B. Purpura, Baltimore, MD, Gary W. Christopher, Federal Public Defender's Office, Baltimore, MD, Charles G. Bernstein, Baltimore, MD, Jerome Howard Nickerson, Jr., Bel Air, MD, Fred Warren Bennett, Catholic University Law School, Washington, DC, for petitioners.

Gwynn X. Kinsey, Jr., Office of the Attorney General, Criminal Appeals Division, Baltimore, MD, for respondents.

MEMORANDUM

MOTZ, Chief Judge.

Petitioners are five prisoners who have been sentenced to death in the Maryland state courts. They have each previously filed a petition for post-conviction review that has been finally disposed of by the Maryland Court of Appeals. They have instituted this action for declaratory and injunctive relief on the question of whether the "Special Habeas Corpus Procedures in Capital Cases" established by Chapter 154 of the Anti-Terrorism...

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