Legal Opinion
Marbel Mendoza v. Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 31, 2014No. 13-14968PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HULL, Circuit Judge:
Marbel Mendoza, a Florida inmate, filed a 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for a writ of habeas corpus, raising multiple challenges to his capital conviction for first degree felony-murder and death sentence. The district court denied Mendoza’s petition. This Court granted Mendoza a certificate of appealability (“COA”) as to one issue: “Whether defendant Marbel Mendoza’s trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance of counsel in the investigation and presentation of mitigation evidence during the penalty phase of the 1992 trial.”
Having considered the state court record, the…
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