Legal Opinion
Jones v. Secretary, Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 2, 2010No. 10-11497PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRYOR, Circuit Judge:
David Wyatt Jones is a Florida inmate sentenced to death who seeks a certificate of appealability to appeal the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Jones has failed to make a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right. We deny his application for a certificate of appealability.
I. BACKGROUND
A jury convicted Jones of the robbery, kidnapping, and murder of Lori McRae. Jones v. State (Jones I), 748 So.2d 1012, 1016 (Fla.1999). The evidence at trial proved that Jones abducted McRae from a parking lot early on the morning of…
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