Legal Opinion
Land v. Allen
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 10, 2009No. 08-15254PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Per curiam
Michael Jeffrey Land appeals the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition in which he sought to overturn his conviction and death sentence for the murder of Candace Brown.
Regarding the conviction, he argues that his habeas petition should be granted because: (1) an incriminating statement, allegedly made as a result of police coercion, was admitted at trial in violation of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments; (2) the trial court violated Land’s due process rights when it instructed the jury that the incriminating statement was made voluntarily, thereby tainting the…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Larry Bonner v. City of Prichard, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1981
- Estelle v. McGuireSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Wiggins v. Smith, WardenSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Evans v. Secretary, Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2013
- Cummings v. Secretary for the Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2009
- Mackle Vincent Shelton v. Secretary, Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2012
- Reese v. Secretary, Florida Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2012
- Spencer v. SECRETARY, DEPT. OF CORRECTIONSCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2010
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