Legal Opinion
Pace v. McNeil
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided February 3, 2009No. 07-15528PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner Bruce Douglas Pace, a Florida death-row inmate, appeals the judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida denying his petition for writ of habeas corpus, brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. His appeal presents one issue: whether trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance of counsel, in violation of the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments, by failing to investigate and present evidence of Pace’s substance abuse to his mental health experts and thereafter to the jury during the penalty phase of his capital trial. 1 We…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- James Armando Card v. Richard L. DuggerCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990
- Asay v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2000
- Newland v. HallCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2008
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Evans v. Secretary, Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2013
- Keith Tharpe v. WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2016
- Cummings v. Secretary for the Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2009
- Reed v. Secretary, Florida Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2010
- Suggs v. McNeilCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2010
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