Legal Opinion
Luther Jerome Williams v. Richard F. Allen
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 2, 2006No. 05-12691PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUBINA, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner, Luther Jerome Williams (‘Williams”), a death row inmate, appeals the district court’s order denying him federal habeas relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the district court’s order.
I. BACKGROUND
A. Facts
The facts are taken verbatim from the opinion of the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals on Williams’s direct appeal.
On January 22, 1988, a 1981 dark blue Oldsmobile Regency automobile was stolen from a motel parking lot in Birmingham, Alabama. In the trunk of this vehicle was, among other items, a .22 caliber pistol. A…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Wiggins v. Smith, WardenSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Picard v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- David Ronald Chandler v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2000
- Nyland v. MooreCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2000
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Newland v. HallCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2008
- Blankenship v. HallCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2008
- Ford v. HallCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2008
- Wood v. AllenDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 2006
- Luther Jerome Williams v. Richard F. AllenCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2006
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