Legal Opinion
Pope v. Secretary for the Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided May 15, 2012No. 09-10773PublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARCUS, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner Thomas Dewey Pope was convicted on three counts of first degree murder for the deaths of Caesar Di Russo, Albert Preston Doranz, and Kristine A. Walters, and was sentenced to death in Florida’s state courts for the murder of Walters. On collateral review of this capital case, the district court granted in part the petitioner’s federal application for writ of habeas corpus, finding that trial counsel was ineffective during the penalty phase of the trial by failing to develop and present substantial mitigating evidence to the jury, and by failing to object to…
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3Cited by89 opinions
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- Richard Hamilton v. Secretary, Florida department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2015
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