# James Lee Spencer v. Walter D. Zant, Superintendent, Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Center

> Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · December 13, 1983 · 715 F.2d 1562

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9471091

## Case

- **Full name:** James Lee SPENCER, Petitioner, v. Walter D. ZANT, Superintendent, Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Center, Respondent
- **Court:** Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- **Decided:** December 13, 1983
- **Citations:** 715 F.2d 1562; 1983 U.S. App. LEXIS 14561
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Lynne
- **Judges:** Kravitch, Johnson, Lynne, Godbold, Ron-Ey, Tjoflat, Hill, Fay, Vance, Henderson, Hatchett, Anderson, Clark
- **Cited by:** 53 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- noting that as late as May 1982 these studies were available only through oral testimony
- discussing when a state law ground is independent and adequate under Wainwright

## Opinion text

LYNNE, District Judge,
specially concurring.
I concur in the judgment of the Court remanding appellant’s challenge to the death penalty statute for further consideration by the district court and in all but part III of the opinion.

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