Legal Opinion
Alphonso Cave, Cross-Appellant v. Harry K. Singletary, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, Cross-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 26, 1992No. 90-3959PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:
This appeal arises from a habeas corpus proceeding in the District Court for the Middle District of Florida in which Petitioner Alphonso Cave, convicted of murder and sentenced to death, raised thirteen claims for relief. The district court held an evi-dentiary hearing on Petitioner’s claim of constitutionally ineffective assistance of trial counsel. The court granted relief on the claim of ineffective assistance of counsel during the sentencing hearing, but denied the claim relating to the guilt phase. The State of Florida appeals the district court’s grant of a new…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Caldwell v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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3Cited by59 opinions
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- Pedro Medina v. Harry K. Singletary, Florida Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1995
- John S. Freund v. Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1999
- Blankenship v. HallCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2008
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