Jimmy Lee Horton v. Walter Zant, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center

U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit · Decided 1991-10-31

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JOHNSON, Circuit Judge: The petitioner, Jimmy Lee Horton, under a sentence of death, appeals the district court’s denial of his habeas petition. We reverse the district court’s disposition of the case on three of the claims. In doing so, we note that each of the claims constitutes an independent basis for granting the writ. I. STATEMENT OF THE CASE <…

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