William Lee Thompson v. Louie L. Wainwright

U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit · Decided 1983-09-06

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GODBOLD, Chief Judge: In this habeas corpus case brought by a Florida state prisoner under sentence of death we decide three issues. We hold that a district court having before it a habeas petition containing only exhausted claims may continue the case at the petitioner’s request pending his presenting to the state courts other claims that are not included in the petition and ha…

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