United States Eleventh Circuit

Denial of habeas relief in a death penalty case is affirmed where: 1) an amendment to the statute of aggravating factors did not affect defendant's punishment; and 2) defendant was not entitled to a writ of habeas corpus based on the use of victim-impact evidence.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/23/2008
• Published 07/23/2008

Judges

• PRYOR, Circuit Judge:, Before BIRCH, BLACK and PRYOR, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Carol Contreras Rodriquez (Court-Appointed), Capital Collateral Reg. Counsel, Tampa, FL, for Trotter.


• For Appellees:
  
• Scott Andrew Browne, Robert J. Landry, Tampa, FL, for Respondents-Appellees.