Case Name: James Ernest HITCHCOCK, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Richard L. DUGGER, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1987-10-26
Citations: 832 F.2d 140
Docket Number: No. 83-3578
Parties: James Ernest HITCHCOCK, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Richard L. DUGGER, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: Before RONEY, Chief Judge, GODBOLD, TJOFLAT, HILL, FAY, VANCE, KRAVITCH, JOHNSON, ANDERSON, CLARK, and EDMONDSON, Circuit Judges, and MORGAN, Senior Circuit Judge.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 832
Pages: 140–141

Head Matter:
James Ernest HITCHCOCK, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Richard L. DUGGER, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 83-3578.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
Oct. 26, 1987.
Craig Barnard, Asst. Public Defender, Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, 15th Judicial Circuit of Florida, Richard B. Greene, Richard H. Burr, Asst. Public Defenders, West Palm Beach, Fla., for petitioner-appellant.
Richard Prospect, Asst. Atty. Gen., Day-tona Beach, Fla., for respondent-appellee.
Before RONEY, Chief Judge, GODBOLD, TJOFLAT, HILL, FAY, VANCE, KRAVITCH, JOHNSON, ANDERSON, CLARK, and EDMONDSON, Circuit Judges, and MORGAN, Senior Circuit Judge.
Senior Circuit Judge Lewis R. Morgan elected to participate in this decision, pursuant to 28 U.S. C.A. § 46(c).

Opinion:
ON REMAND FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
PER CURIAM:
Pursuant to the opinion issued April 22, 1987, by the Supreme Court of the United States, — U.S. -, 107 S.Ct. 1821, 95 L.Ed.2d 347 (1987), this cause is REMANDED to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida with instructions to enter an order granting the application for a writ of habeas corpus, unless the State within a reasonable period of time either resentences petitioner in a proceeding that comports with the requirements of Lockett v. Ohio, 438 U.S. 586, 98 S.Ct. 2954, 57 L.Ed.2d 973 (1978) or vacates the death sentence and imposes a lesser sentence consistent with law.