Legal Opinion
Cummings v. Secretary for the Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided December 4, 2009No. 09-12416PublishedCited by 117 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HULL, Circuit Judge:
Florida death row inmate Frederick W. Cummings 1 petitioned the district court, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, for a writ of habeas corpus. After review and oral argument, we conclude that Cummings’s trial counsel did not provide ineffective assistance in the investigation and presentation of mitigation evidence at the penalty phase of Cummings’s murder trial. Thus, Cummings’s § 2254 petition must be denied.
I. BACKGROUND
A. Facts of the Crime
In Florida state court, Cummings was convicted of murdering his girlfriend Kathy Good (after she obtained a restraining order against…
2Cases cited43 opinions
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- Wiggins v. Smith, WardenSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Schriro v. LandriganSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
- Rompilla v. BeardSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
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3Cited by117 opinions
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