Gorham v. Florida Department of Corrections

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA CASE NO. 17-CIV-14241-MARRA ROBERT EARL GORHAM, Petitioner, v. MARK S. INCH, SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Respondent. ____________________________/ OPINION AND ORDER Petitioner Robert Earl Gorham (“Gorham”), presently serving a life sentence at the Union Correctional Institution in Raiford, Florida, seeks issuance of a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to

28 U.S.C. § 2254

[DE 1]. Petitioner argues, among other claims, that he was denied his Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel due to his trial attorney’s…