Legal Opinion
Marvin Edwin Johnson v. Harry K. Singletary, Jr., Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided September 4, 1991No. 89-3195PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*1169COX, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner Marvin Edwin Johnson, a Florida death row inmate, appeals the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for a writ of habeas corpus. A panel of this court concluded that Johnson was entitled to an opportunity to prove the ineffective assistance of sentencing counsel claim contained in his second federal habe-as petition. This is so, the panel concluded, notwithstanding the fact that the claim is procedurally defaulted because Johnson did not present the claim to Florida courts under Florida’s procedural rules, notwithstanding the fact that there…
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3Cited by78 opinions
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