Legal Opinion
Gray v. Epps
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 19, 2010No. 09-70021PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner Rodney Gray (“Gray”), convicted of capital murder in Mississippi and sentenced to death, appeals the district court’s denial of federal habeas relief. Gray contends that his counsel rendered ineffective assistance by failing to investigate and present mitigating evidence during the sentencing phase of trial. Concluding that the state court’s adjudication of Gray’s claims was not an unreasonable application of clearly established Federal law, we AFFIRM.
I. BACKGROUND
A. Factual History
On August 15, 1994, in Newton County, Mississippi, Grace Blackwell, the…
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