Hoffner v. Bradshaw

OPINION

JULIA SMITH GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner-appellant Timothy Hoffner appeals the district court’s order denying his petition for habeas corpus. Hoffner was convicted of aggravated murder, aggravated kidnapping, and robbery and was sentenced to death. In his petition, he claims that the trial court improperly weighed aggravating and mitigating circumstances, that he received ineffective assistance of trial and appellate counsel, that statements were admitted at trial in violation of his Miranda rights, and that the cumulative effect of the errors at trial violated his constitutional…