Legal Opinion
Danny Harold Rolling v. James v. Crosby
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided February 9, 2006No. 05-14252PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Per curiam
The issue presented in this appeal is whether the Florida Supreme Court unreasonably concluded that the four attorneys for Danny Harold Rolling, a prisoner under sentence of death, deprived Rolling of effective assistance at the penalty phase of his trial when the attorneys delayed their filing of a motion for a change of venue. In November 1991, Rolling was indicted for the homicides of five college students and other related crimes that occurred in August 1990. Immediately before his trial in 1994, Rolling pleaded guilty to all the charges. The following day, jury selection began for the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Eurus Kelly Waters v. Albert G. Thomas, Warden Georgia Diagnostic and Classification CenterCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1995
- Maharaj v. Secretary for the Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2005
- Rolling v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1997
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