Legal Opinion
Arbelaez v. Crews
District Court, S.D. Florida
Decided August 20, 2014No. Case No. 12-23304-CIVPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
FEDERICO A. MORENO, District Judge.
In 1988, Petitioner Guillermo Arbelaez was sentenced to death for kidnapping, strangling, and throwing over a Key Biscayne bridge into the water 75-feet below the 5-year old son of a woman in revenge for her rejection of his romantic advances. After two decades of post-conviction litigation in Florida state courts, the Petitioner *1277claims that his execution is impermissible because he is intellectually disabled and that his trial counsel was ineffective. The State of Florida argues that the September 2012 federal…
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3Cited by2 opinions
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