Legal Opinion
Walls v. Buss
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided September 28, 2011No. 09-15706PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Per curiam
Petitioner Frank Walls (“Petitioner”), a Florida death-row inmate, appeals the district court’s denial of his section 2254 petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Under the deferential standard set forth in the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (“AEDPA”), Petitioner is entitled to no relief. We affirm the district court’s denial of the writ.
I. BACKGROUND
In 1987, Petitioner burglarized a home and murdered the two people inside, Edward Alger and Ann Peterson. Following his arrest, Petitioner gave a statement to the investigators; this statement was recorded. During this statement, an…
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