United States Eleventh Circuit

Violations of Ake v. Oklahoma, 470 U.S. 68, 105 S. Ct. 1087, 84 L. Ed. 2d 53 (1985), are subject to harmless error analysis, and the Ake violation in this case was harmless. Thus, denial of federal habeas relief 28 U.S.C. section 2254 is affirmed.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/16/2003
• Published 06/16/2003

Judges

• DUBINA, Circuit Judge:, Before EDMONDSON, Chief Judge, and BIRCH and DUBINA, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert L. McGlasson, II (Court-Appointed), Decatur, GA, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Susan V. Boleyn, State Law Dept., Atlanta, GA, for Respondent-Appellee.