Legal Opinion
Duke v. Allen
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided May 26, 2011No. 09-16011PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDMONDSON, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner Mark Duke seeks habeas corpus relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. We conclude that Petitioner is entitled to no relief under section 2254 and affirm the district court’s grant of summary judgment for Respondent.
I. BACKGROUND
In 1999, Petitioner was prosecuted in Alabama state court for the murders of his father and three other persons.1 At Petitioner’s trial, Petitioner’s defense was that he had killed only his father, Randy Duke, and had no role in the other three murders. Had Petitioner’s defense succeeded, he would have avoided a sentence of death or of…
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