Legal Opinion
Pardo v. SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided November 10, 2009No. 08-14053PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BIRCH, Circuit Judge:
Manuel Pardo, a Florida prisoner under sentences of death based on his nine first degree murder convictions, appeals the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for writ of habeas corpus. We granted a certificate of probable cause. After review and oral argument, we affirm the district court’s order.
I. BACKGROUND
In 1986, Pardo, a former police officer, and co-defendant, Rolando Garcia, were charged with nine counts of first-degree murder. 1 Their trials were severed, and Pardo was tried in 1988. Carlo Manuel Ribera was the state’s first witness. He…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States v. AgursSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Strickler v. GreeneSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
- Dusky v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
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