Legal Opinion
Whatley v. Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 20, 2019No. 13-12034PublishedCited by 104 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:
Frederick R. Whatley ("Petitioner") murdered a bait shop owner in Georgia in 1995. He was convicted and sentenced to death.1 After the Supreme Court of Georgia affirmed his convictions and death sentence, Whatley v. State , 270 Ga. 296, 509 S.E.2d 45, 53 (1998), he petitioned the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He alleged that his lawyer provided ineffective assistance of counsel2 (1) by failing to investigate and present mitigating evidence during the penalty phase and (2) by failing to…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Harrington v. RichterSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
- Cullen v. PinholsterSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
- United States v. FradySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Arizona v. FulminanteSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
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3Cited by104 opinions
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- Charles Gregory Clark v. Commissioner, Alabama Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2021
- David Freeman v. Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2022
- Corey Thompson v. Gregory SkipperCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2020
- James McWilliams v. Commissioner, Alabama Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2019
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