Alvord v. Wainwright

U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit · Decided 1984-02-10

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JAMES C. HILL, Circuit Judge: Louie L. Wainwright, Secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections, appeals to this court from the order of the district court holding invalid Gary Eldon Alvord’s sentence of death and granting Alvord the writ of habeas corpus subject to the state’s holding a new sentencing hearing. Alvord cross-appeals from the district court’s denial of the writ on the other grounds raised in his petiti…

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