Legal Opinion
Morris v. Secretary, Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided April 20, 2012No. 09-15471PublishedCited by 136 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARCUS, Circuit Judge:
Robert Morris was convicted in 1999 of first-degree murder, burglary of a dwelling, and robbery with a deadly weapon after the brutal killing of an 88-year-old woman in her Lakeland, Florida apartment. He was sentenced to death. After direct appeal and postconviction proceedings in state court, Morris filed his federal habeas petition, raising fourteen claims of trial court error and ineffective assistance of counsel. The district court denied the petition on all claims.
We have before us on appeal four of these claims: (1) the alleged ineffective assistance of counsel in…
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