United States Eleventh Circuit

A state court's unexplicated rejection of a federal constitutional issue still qualifies as an adjudication under 28 USC 2254(d), so that it is entitled to deference upon habeas review.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/10/2002
• Published 01/10/2002

Judges

• CARNES, Circuit Judge:, Before EDMONDSON and CARNES, Circuit Judges, and MUSGRAVE , Judge.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Kathleen M. Williams, Fed. Pub. Def., Miami, FL, Bernardo Lopez, Fed. Pub. Def., Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Susan Odzer Hugentugler, Office of Statewide Prosecution, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Sarah Baldwin Mayer, West Palm Beach, FL, for Respondent-Appellee.