Banks v. Secretary, Department of Corrections (Pinellas County)

UMNIIDTEDDL ES TDAISTTERS IDCITS TORFI FCLTO CROIDURAT TAMPA DIVISION MITERRIO BANKS, Applicant, v. CASE NO. 8:21-cv-1780-SDM-NHA SECRETARY, Department of Corrections, Respondent. ____________________________________/ ORDER Banks applies under

28 U.S.C. § 2254

for the writ of habeas corpus (Doc. 1) and challenges his conviction for first-degree felony murder, for which he is imprisoned for life. Numerous exhibits (“Respondent’s Exhibit __”) support the response. (Doc. 7-2) The respondent concedes that the application is timely but argues that each ground lacks merit. I. BACKGROUND1 On the…