Legal Opinion
Richard E. Lynch v. Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided January 8, 2015No. 12-15188PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ED CARNES, Chief Judge:
This is an appeal and cross-appeal from a judgment granting in part and denying in part the federal habeas petition of Florida death row inmate Richard Lynch. See 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He was sentenced to death in 2001 for the 1999 murder of thirty-year-old Roseanna Morgan and her thirteen-year-old daughter, Leah Caday. The State of Florida’s appeal is from the part of the judgment granting Lynch ha-beas relief based on his claim that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel because his attorneys advised him, after he had entered a guilty plea, to waive his right…
2Cases cited33 opinions
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- Stone v. PowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Kimmelman v. MorrisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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