United States Eleventh Circuit

In a capital case, denial of a petition for writ habeas corpus challenging the sentence is affirmed where petitioner failed to show a state courts' decision on his ineffective counsel claims was: 1) contrary to, or an unreasonable application of, clearly established federal law, as determined by the Supreme Court; or 2) based on an unreasonable determination of the facts in light of the evidence presented in the Rule 32 proceedings.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/13/2008
• Published 08/13/2008

Judges

• HULL, Circuit Judge:, Before BARKETT, HULL and MARCUS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Bruce D. Nestor (Court-Appointed), De Leon & Nestor, LLC, Minneapolis, MN, for Payne., Beth Jackson Hughes, Montgomery, AL, for Allen.