Legal Opinion

Bellizia v. Florida Department of Corrections

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided August 20, 2010No. 09-13838PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Before BARKETT and MARCUS, Circuit Judges, and HOOD, * District Judge. PER CURIAM:

Walter A. McNeil, the Secretary for the Florida Department of Corrections (“the State”), appeals the district court’s grant of Julio Cesar Bellizia’s 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus petition. The district court granted Bellizia’s § 2254 petition, finding that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to move for a judgment of acquittal during Bellizia’s trial in state court on the ground that the State failed to prove that…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Cummings v. Secretary for the Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2009
  3. United States v. WebbCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2009
  4. Davis v. Secretary for the Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2003
  5. Mize v. HallCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2008

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Kevin J. Sullivan v. Secretary, Florida Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2016
  2. United States v. RodriguezCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2012
  3. Greenwade v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2013
  4. James Holsey v. Danny Thompson, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2012
  5. Donald W. Rager v. Paige AugustineCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2019

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