Ernest John Dobbert v. Charles G. Strickland, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
1Per curiam
This is an appeal by a Florida state prisoner from a federal district court’s denial of habeas corpus relief in a capital case. Petitioner Ernest John Dobbert was convicted of first degree murder of his daughter. Contrary to the recommendation of the advisory sentencing jury, the trial judge sentenced him to death. In the precise words used in his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, Dobbert asserted the following grounds in the federal district court:
1. insufficiency of the evidence;
2. refusal to consider relevant mitigating circumstances;
3. striking aggravating circumstances;
4. refusal to…
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