McLellan v. Dunn

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA SOUTHERN DIVISION CORDERIOUS MCLELLAN, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) Case No. 2:21-cv-00790-RDP-NAD ) JEFFERSON S. DUNN, et al., ) ) Respondents. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION Petitioner Corderious McLellan filed a counseled petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (Doc. 1). Petitioner McLellan challenges his Alabama state conviction for capital murder, asserting that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to request a jury instruction on reckless murder as a lesser included offense of capital murder. (Doc. 1 at 1-…