Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Upton
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 23, 2010No. 09-16090PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HULL, Circuit Judge:
Marcus Ray Johnson, a Georgia prison inmate under a death sentence, appeals the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The issues on appeal concern whether Johnson’s trial counsel were ineffective in the penalty phase as to evidence of Johnson’s life history, escape from pretrial custody, and future dangerousness. After review and oral argument, we conclude the Georgia state court’s denial of Johnson’s ineffective counsel claims was not based on an unreasonable determination of the facts or an unreasonable application of…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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