Legal Opinion
Maples v. Allen
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided October 26, 2009No. 07-15187PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Per curiam
Cory Maples appeals from the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The district court granted Maples a certificate of appealability (“COA”) on the issue of whether Maples’s ineffective-assistance claims are procedurally barred. This Court expanded the COA to include Maples’s claim that the jury instructions were constitutionally deficient. After review and oral argument, we affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
Maples was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death for killing two companions, Stacy Alan Terry and Barry Dewayne Robinson…
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