Amos Lee King v. Michael W. Moore, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Non-Argument Calendar.
1Per curiam
The issue in this case is whether 21 U.S.C. § 848(q) entitles state prisoners to federally appointed, federally funded counsel to represent them in their state clem ency proceedings. We answer this question “no.”
Section 848(q)(4)(B) authorizes, for any indigent defendant, the appointment of counsel in any post conviction proceeding under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, seeking to vacate or to set aside a state death sentence, as well as under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 for federal death sentences. Section 848(q)(4)(B) also provides that a defendant is entitled to “the furnishing of such other services in accordance…
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