Legal Opinion
Kenneth Allen Stewart v. Secretary, Dept. of Corr.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided January 31, 2007No. 06-11684PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HULL, Circuit Judge:
In this capital case, Kenneth Stewart appeals the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The only issues on which Stewart was granted a certificate of appealability are whether Stewart’s trial counsel was ineffective in failing to: (1) provide the mental health expert witness with all available information to identify possible mitigating circumstances; and (2) adequately investigate and prepare mitigating evidence for the penalty phase. After review and oral argument, we affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
A. Guilt Phase
In August 1986, a jury…
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