Legal Opinion
William L. Sullivan v. James DeLoach
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 8, 2006No. 05-13112PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HULL, Circuit Judge:
William L. Sullivan (“Sullivan”), an Alabama prisoner serving a life sentence for murder, appeals the district court’s denial *1099of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus petition. In his § 2254 petition, Sullivan argued that he received ineffective assistance of trial counsel because his counsel failed to call Sullivan’s daughter, Renee Sullivan (“Renee”),1 to testify at his murder trial. Renee was five years old at the time of the murder and has given conflicting statements. We need not address the performance prong of Sullivan’s ineffective-assistance claim because Sullivan…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Larry Bonner v. City of Prichard, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1981
- Burger v. KempSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- David Ronald Chandler v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2000
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3Cited by42 opinions
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- Davis Dorvil v. Secretary, Florida Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2016
- Willie Walker v. Secretary, Florida Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2012
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