Nollie Lee Martin v. Harry K. Singletary, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections

ORDER:

Petitioner-Appellant Nollie Lee Martin, convicted of murder and sentenced to death, appeals from a District Court order denying his Petition for Habeas Corpus. In this, his third federal habeas petition, Martin raised four claims:

1. The sentencer’s consideration of the “especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel” aggravating factor at the penalty phase violated Maynard v. Cartwright, 486 U.S. 356, 108 S.Ct. 1853, 100 L.Ed.2d 372 (1988), and the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments (the “Maynard claim”);

2. The operation of Florida law restricted Martin’s trial counsel’s efforts to develop and…