Singleton v. Thigpen

Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Decided Oct. 21, 1987.

Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 1987-10-21

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently October 1987

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2 counsel of record

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Decided 1987-10-21

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¶1A1 Pennington, Pennington, McCleave & Patterson, Mobile, Ala., for petitioner-appellant.

¶2Ed Carnes, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Alabama, Montgomery, Ala., for respondent-appellee.

¶3Before HILL, FAY and VANCE, Circuit Judges.

¶4BY THE COURT:

¶5The district court certified that there exists probable cause for an appeal. This Court is unable to resolve the merits of petitioner’s appeal before the scheduled execution. Accordingly, the execution of petitioner is ORDERED STAYED pending further order of this Court. See Barefoot v. Estelle, 463 U.S. 880, 103 S.Ct. 3383, 77 L.Ed.2d 1090 (1983).