Court Opinion

ID: 9471417
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 03:31:56.596774+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:42:24.025236
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R. LANIER ANDERSON, III, Circuit Judge,
concurring in part and dissenting in part.
With respect to the issue of racial discrimination in the Florida death penalty system, the quality of the evidence proffered by Sullivan in the district court in this case cannot be distinguished, in my judgment, from that proffered in Spencer v. Zant, 715 F.2d 1562 (11th Cir.1983), where this court held that petitioner was “entitled to an evidentiary hearing on the merits of the claim as a matter of law.” In my opinion the cases relied upon by my brothers are distinguishable for the reasons stated by the Spencer panel. That being the case, Sullivan is entitled to a stay of execution.
ON PETITION FOR REHEARING AND SUGGESTION FOR REHEARING EN BANC