Bennie E. Demps, Petitioner-appellant, v. Richard L. Dugger, As Secretary, Department of Corrections,state of Florida, Respondent-appellee, 832 F.2d 1233 (11th Cir. 1987)
Annotate this CaseRobert Harper, Larry Helm Spalding, Capital Collateral Representative, Mark Evan Olive, Chief Asst. Capital Collateral Representative, Tallahassee, Fla., for petitioner-appellant.
Mark Menser, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Fla., for respondent-appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
Before FAY, JOHNSON and CLARK, Circuit Judges.
Prior report: 395 S.2d 501.
BY THE COURT:
The execution of petitioner, Bennie E. Demps, is STAYED until further order of this Court.
This Court hereby GRANTS petitioner a certificate of probable cause as to his "Hitchcock claim". As to all other claims, the request for certificate of probable cause is DENIED.
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