Legal Opinion
Puiatti v. SECRETARY, DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS
District Court, M.D. Florida
Decided August 14, 2009No. 3:92-cv-00539PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
ELIZABETH A. KOVACHEVICH, District Judge.
This cause is before the Court on Petitioner Puiatti’s amended petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Dkt. 88). Puiatti, an inmate at Union Correctional Institution, challenges his conviction and sentence to death for first degree murder, kidnapping, and robbery, arising out of the Sixth Judicial Circuit, Pasco County, Florida, in case no. 83-1383. After a careful review of the record, this Court finds that Puiatti’s petition must be granted as to the penalty phase of his trial, and denied as to the guilt phase of his trial.
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2Cases cited63 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
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- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Estelle v. McGuireSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Murray v. CarrierSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Puiatti v. McNeilCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2010
- Carl Puiatti v. Walter A. McNeilCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2010