Legal Opinion
Alfonso Ponton v. Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 4, 2018No. 16-10683PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ED CARNES, Chief Judge:
*951 This case involves the effect of a Castro error in an earlier federal habeas proceeding on whether a later habeas petition is to be treated as second or successive for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 2244 (b). See Castro v. United States , 540 U.S. 375 , 124 S.Ct. 786 , 157 L.Ed.2d 778 (2003).
I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
Alfonso Ponton was charged in 1982 in Florida state court in three separate criminal cases on a total of 12 counts of robbery, 3 counts of armed robbery, 1 count of aggravated assault with a firearm, and 3 counts of aggravated battery. Juries found him…
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- Alonzo Cook v. New York State Division of Parole, and New York State Board of ParoleCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2003
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