Legal Opinion
Eric v. MacKlin v. Harry K. Singletary
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 30, 1994No. 19-10869PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARNES, Circuit Judge:
Eric Maeklin, a prisoner of the state of Florida, appeals from the district court’s order denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. We hold that a court of appeals has the discretionary authority to decide in the first instance an abuse of the writ issue that the district court failed to reach. Exercising that authority, we affirm the denial of habeas relief in this case on abuse of the writ grounds.
I. BACKGROUND
In 1977, the State of Florida filed a forty-six count information charging Eric Maeklin with numerous violent crimes arising…
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