Legal Opinion
Jeffery Lee v. Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 1, 2013No. 12-14421PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HULL, Circuit Judge:
Alabama death row inmate Jeffery Lee appeals the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for a writ of habeas corpus. As to his death sentence, the Alabama appellate court held that: (1) Lee’s trial counsel was not ineffective in the investigation and presentation of mitigation evidence under Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 104 S.Ct. 2052, 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984); (2) the trial judge’s override of the jury’s life-sentence recommendation did not violate Ring v. Arizona, 536 U.S. 584, 122 S.Ct. 2428, 153 L.Ed.2d 556 (2002); and (3) the State’s…
2Cases cited94 opinions
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3Cited by57 opinions
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