Legal Opinion
Boyd v. Allen
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided January 8, 2010No. 07-14908PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARCUS, Circuit Judge:
In this capital case, the Commissioner of the Alabama Department of Corrections, Richard F. Allen, appeals from the district court’s order granting in part William Glenn Boyd’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus, filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The district court granted relief on Boyd’s claim that his trial counsel were constitutionally ineffective during the penalty phase of the trial, holding that trial counsel performed deficiently when they failed to conduct a reasonable investigation of mitigating evidence, particularly concerning his childhood, and,…
2Cases cited47 opinions
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- Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by62 opinions
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