Legal Opinion
Eric Lynn Ferrell v. Hilton Hall
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided May 13, 2011No. 06-11954PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARCUS, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner Eric Lynn Ferrell (“Ferrell”) was sentenced by a state trial court in Georgia to die following his convictions on two counts of malice murder for the fatal shootings of his grandmother and fifteen-year-old cousin. The Georgia Supreme Court, on direct appeal and during collateral habeas proceedings, rejected all of Ferrell’s attacks on his convictions and sentence. Thereafter, a federal district court denied Ferrell’s petition for writ of habeas corpus, including his claims that trial and appellate counsel were ineffective in failing to conduct a reasonable…
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