Legal Opinion
Norman Parker v. Secretary for the Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided May 20, 2003No. 02-13292PublishedCited by 145 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLACK, Circuit Judge:
Norman Parker, a state prisoner convicted of murder and sentenced to death, appeals the District Court’s denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. On appeal, Parker only raises two claims: (1) the constitutional deficiency of the jury instruction on felony murder; and (2) ineffective assistance of counsel at capital sentencing. For the following reasons, we affirm the district court’s denial of the petition.
I. BACKGROUND
In 1967, Parker was sentenced to life imprisonment for a first-degree murder committed in Dade County, Florida. In February…
2Cases cited56 opinions
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- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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3Cited by145 opinions
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