Legal Opinion
Reed v. Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided January 11, 2010No. 09-10059PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HULL, Circuit Judge:
Florida death-row inmate Grover Reed appeals the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The district court granted Reed a certificate of appealability (“COA”) on his claim that his trial counsel was constitutionally ineffective for failing to investigate and present mitigation evidence at the penalty phase. After review and oral argument, we affirm the denial of Reed’s § 2254 petition.
I. BACKGROUND
A. Crime and Arrest
In December 1985 Reed, age 24, and his girlfriend and two children moved to Jacksonville, Florida. They were…
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