Wayne E. Ritter v. Fred Smith, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections and J.D. White, Warden, Holman Unit

U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit · Decided 1987-04-13

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ANDERSON, Circuit Judge: This death penalty case presents a rare set of circumstances involving the state’s attempt to reinstate a death sentence following a Supreme Court decision in a related case. The only issues facing us on appeal are procedural in nature, and thus there is no need to discuss the underlying facts of the defe…

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