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759 F.3d 1210·
11th Cir.·
2014-07-09
·cited 193×
The concurrence agrees with the majority that the Georgia Superior Court's application of the Brecht harmless-error standard, rather than the Chapman standard, on state collateral review is irrelevant to federal habeas relief under AEDPA. The concurrence emphasizes that AEDPA req
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S.D. Fla.·
2024-06-13
Jabbaar Mujaahid Abdul challenged his Florida conviction and sentence through federal habeas corpus, raising four grounds including claims of prosecutorial Brady violations, ineffective assistance of counsel, structural defects, and an alleged conflict of interest with his public
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S.D. Fla.·
2024-06-11
The court denied the petition for writ of habeas corpus, finding that the state court's rejection of the petitioner's ineffective assistance of counsel claims was not contrary to or an unreasonable application of federal law.
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S.D. Fla.·
2024-04-25
The court held that federal habeas review cannot grant relief for state law errors, and to the extent federal claims were raised, they were meritless.
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S.D. Fla.·
2024-04-09
Cory Barrant Sivik sought federal habeas relief challenging his state conviction for lewd or lascivious molestation of a child under twelve, arguing that statements he made during a police-orchestrated controlled telephone call violated his Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights. The d
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S.D. Fla.·
2024-03-25
The court held that the Florida Supreme Court's determination that the conditional-release program is constitutional was reasonable, and therefore, the Third DCA's denial of the petitioner's state-court habeas petition was also reasonable.
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S.D. Fla.·
2023-12-14
David John Posta, convicted of DUI manslaughter in Florida, sought federal habeas relief challenging his conviction and 40-year sentence on multiple grounds, including claims that the trial court improperly considered an uncounseled Virginia conviction at sentencing and lacked ju
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S.D. Fla.·
2023-08-04
The court held that the petitioner's claims were adjudicated on the merits by the state court and did not meet the high bar for federal habeas relief under AEDPA, as counsel's strategic decisions were reasonable and motions to suppress would have been futile.
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S.D. Fla.·
2023-04-10
The federal court denied the petition for writ of habeas corpus because the state court's determination that the defendant was competent to stand trial, made nunc pro tunc, was not contrary to or an unreasonable application of federal law, nor based on an unreasonable determinati
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S.D. Fla.·
2022-11-18
A federal district court dismissed and denied a habeas corpus petition challenging a 2014 Florida conviction for burglary and theft, finding that petitioner Forbes exhausted only two of his four claims, that one unexhausted claim was not a substantial claim under the Martinez exc
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S.D. Fla.·
2022-11-18
Badi Burgos, a Florida prisoner convicted of felony murder and armed robbery, filed a federal habeas petition challenging his state conviction and sentence, raising claims about the trial court's failure to conduct hearings on his right to self-representation and discharge of cou
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S.D. Fla.·
2022-11-15
Al Burgess, a Florida prisoner sentenced to life for armed kidnapping and armed sexual battery, challenged his resentencing through federal habeas corpus, arguing his resentencing counsel rendered ineffective assistance by failing to object to an upward departure sentence and by
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S.D. Fla.·
2022-06-14
Esdras Cardona's federal habeas petition challenging his 2007 Florida conviction for sexual battery and burglary was dismissed in part and denied in part because his claim about inadequate hearings on newly discovered evidence raised only state law issues and his remaining ineffe
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S.D. Fla.·
2022-06-07
Tyshon Renford's federal habeas petition challenging his Florida state-court conviction for armed kidnapping, robbery with a firearm, and armed carjacking was dismissed as to one claim for failure to exhaust state remedies and denied as to two remaining claims on the merits. The