Legal Opinion
Owen v. Secretary for the Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided May 18, 2009No. 07-14727PublishedCited by 84 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HULL, Circuit Judge:
In this capital case, Duane E. Owen appeals the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for a writ of habeas corpus challenging his convictions for the murder and sexual battery of Georgianna Worden and his death sentence on the murder conviction. The certificate of appealability (“COA”) encompasses fourteen claims that fall into four categories: (1) five ineffective-trial-counsel claims that the state collateral court found procedurally barred because Owen refused to proceed at his evidentiary hearing; (2) one ineffective-appellate-counsel claim that the…
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