HARPER

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By

• Lawhorn v. Allen, 519 F.3d 1272 (11th Cir. 2008)
  …he Alabama Supreme Court, In re Lawhorn, 581 So. 2d 1179 (Ala.1991) (“Lawhorn II”). On 9 September 1991, Lawhorn filed a petition for writ of certiorari with the United States Supreme Court. The petition was denied, certiorari, Lawhorn v. Alabama, 502 U.S. 970, 112 S.Ct. 445, 116 L.Ed.2d 463 (1991) (“Lawhom III"), and petition for rehearing, Lawhorn v. Alabama, 502 U.S. 1050, 112 S.Ct. 919, 116 L.Ed.2d 818 (1992) (“Lawhorn IV’). In his appeals to the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals and Alabama Supreme…

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• Allen v. Lawhorn, 562 U.S. 1118 (U.S. 2010)
  …cepted. The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals and the Supreme Court of Alabama affirmed the conviction and sentence. See Lawhorn v. State, 581 So. 2d 1159 (1990); Ex parte Lawhorn, 581 So. 2d 1179 (1991). We denied Lawhorn’s petition for certiorari. 502 U. S. 970 (1991). [*1120] Lawhorn moved in state court for postconviction relief. He contended, as relevant here, that his lawyer’s failure to give a closing argument in the sentencing phase constituted ineffective assistance of counsel under Strickland v. Wa…