Legal Opinion
John Wayne Conner v. GDCP Warden
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided April 15, 2015No. 13-13928PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARTIN, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner John Wayne Conner, a Georgia prisoner on death row, appeals the District Court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. This is the second time we review the District Court’s denial of Mr. Conner’s habeas petition. See Conner v. Hall, 645 F.3d 1277 (11th Cir.2011). In Mr. Conner’s first appeal, he was granted a certificate of appealability (COA) on three claims: “(1) whether he procedurally defaulted his [intellectual disability] 1 claim; (2) whether he was denied effective assistance of counsel at the sentencing phase of his trial; and (3)…
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3Cited by31 opinions
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