Alston v. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, FLORIDA

DUBINA, Chief Judge:

Petitioner Pressley Bernard Alston, 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. The state court decided that Alston was competent to waive his state post-conviction proceedings and that his waiver was knowing, intelligent, and voluntary. The district court found the state court’s decision a reasonable application of clearly established federal law and a reasonable determination of the facts in light of the evidence presented in the state court proceedings. After reading the parties’ briefs,…