Legal Opinion
Jimmy Dill v. Richard F. Allen
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 13, 2007No. 05-12330PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner, Jimmy Dill, 1 is an Alabama prisoner on death row due to his conviction for the 1988 fatal shooting of Leon Shaw in Birmingham. On March 30, 2001, he petitioned the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The court denied his petition on March 31, 2004, and he now ap peals. The district court granted a certificate of appealability on the question of whether petitioner’s trial counsel were constitutionally ineffective in failing to uncover and present mitigating evidence…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Wiggins v. Smith, WardenSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Bell v. ConeSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
- Rompilla v. BeardSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
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3Cited by52 opinions
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