Petition andrew A. Graham v. State Florida

This petition for the appointment of counsel was filed by eight volunteer attorneys who represent Learie Leo Alford, Gary E. Alvord, Willie Jasper Darden, Clifford Hallman, and Robert Sullivan, each of whom has been sentenced to death and has had his sentence affirmed by the Supreme Court of Florida and the United States Supreme Court. These eight petitioners are joined by Andrew A. Graham and Joan H. Bickerstaff, who represented John A. Spenkelink, executed on May 25, 1979. Petitioners also purport to seek relief for Vernon Ray Cooper and Howard Virgil Lee Douglas, both represented by public defenders, and Charles Proffitt, who is represented by privately retained counsel. Since the filing of this petition, Governor Graham on June 19, 1979, recommended clemency for defendants Learie Leo Alford and Clifford Hallman and signed death warrants for defendants Robert Sullivan and Charles Proffitt.