Legal Opinion

Shelton v. Secretary, Department of Corrections

District Court, M.D. Florida

Decided July 27, 2011No. Case No. 6:07-cv-839-Orl-35-KRSPublishedCited by 74 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

MARY S. SCRIVEN, District Judge.

THIS CAUSE comes before the Court for consideration of Mackle Vincent Shelton’s Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus Under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Dkt. 1); the response filed in opposition thereto (Dkt. 7); Petitioner’s Reply (Dkt. 11); the parties’ Supplemental Memoranda (Dkts. 25, 31, 36); and the Amicus Brief filed in support of Petitioner. (Dkt. 28) On May 13, 2002, the Florida Legislature enacted changes to Florida’s Drug Abuse Prevention and Control law, Fla. Stat. § 893.13, as amended by Fla. Stat. § 893.101. By this enactment, Florida became the only state…

2Cases cited50 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Slack v. McDanielSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  3. Harrington v. RichterSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
  4. Brecht v. AbrahamsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  5. Cullen v. PinholsterSupreme Court of the United States · 2011

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3Cited by74 opinions

  1. State v. AdkinsSupreme Court of Florida · 2012
  2. Flagg v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2011
  3. Maestas v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2011
  4. Mackle Vincent Shelton v. Secretary, Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2012
  5. Little v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2011

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