Legal Opinion

Middlebrook v. Carroll

District Court, D. Delaware

Decided January 16, 2007No. CIV.A. 05-827-SLRPublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

SUE L. ROBINSON, Chief Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Presently before the court is petitioner Nikerray Middlebrook’s (“petitioner”) amended application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. ( D.I. 21) Petitioner is a Delaware inmate in custody at the Delaware Correctional Center in Smyrna, Delaware. For the reasons that follow, the court will deny his application.

II. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

The facts of petitioner’s case are as follows:

On August 23, 1996, Jerome Perkins was shot in the left abdomen and Jerry Williams was shot in the neck by a masked…

2Cases cited33 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Slack v. McDanielSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  3. Miller-El v. CockrellSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
  4. Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  5. Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991

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