Legal Opinion · Concurring in part, dissenting in part

Marvin Edwin Johnson v. Harry K. Singletary, Jr., Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided September 4, 1991No. 89-3195Published

1Concurring in part, dissenting in part

*1196ANDERSON, Circuit Judge,

concurring in part, dissenting in part, in which KRAVITCH, JOHNSON and CLARK, Circuit Judges, join:

I concur in the court’s resolution of all of the claims presented by Johnson, with one exception. With respect to Johnson’s claim of ineffective assistance of counsel at sentencing, I dissent. Respectfully, I submit that the eligibility theory adopted today by the court is inconsistent with the guidance which the Supreme Court has given us on the meaning of the concept “actually innocent of the death penalty.”

A. Supreme Court Precedent

In Smith v. Murray, 477 U.S. 527, 106…

2Cases cited43 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Murray v. CarrierSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  4. Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  5. Blackledge v. AllisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1977

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