Magwood v. Culliver

BLACK, Circuit Judge:

Grantt Culliver, Richard F. Allen and Troy King (the State) appeal the district court’s partial grant of Alabama death-row inmate Billy Joe Magwood’s 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus petition on Mag-wood’s fair-warning claim 1 and ineffective assistance of counsel based on the fair-warning claim. Magwood cross-appeals the partial denial of his petition, raising the multiple issues as discussed in section III. B. of this opinion. After review, we affirm in part and reverse in part and render judgment in favor of the State.

I. BACKGROUND

A Factual background

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