United States Eleventh Circuit

In a capital habeas matter, the denial of Petitioner's petition is affirmed where Petitioner's claim of ineffective assistance of counsel was barred from federal review because the state supreme court had applied a state rule of procedure to refuse to adjudicate his claim on collateral review.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/29/2009
• Published 06/29/2009

Judges

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

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• William M. Norris (Court-Appointed), William M. Norris, P.A., Miami, FL, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Sandra Sue Jaggard, Miami, FL, for Respondent-Appellee.