Daniel Morris Thomas v. Louie L. Wainwright, Secretary, Florida Dept. Of Corrections, Respondent

RONEY, Circuit Judge:

Daniel Morris Thomas was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of Charles Anderson. After direct appeal and post-conviction proceedings in the Florida courts, the federal district court denied Thomas’ habeas corpus petition. Thomas raises four issues on appeal:(1) whether he was denied effective assistance of conflict free counsel.(2) whether Florida law at the time of his sentencing hearing discouraged his attorney from investigating and introducing evidence of nonstatutory mitigating circumstances, depriving him of either due process or effective assistance of…