Legal Opinion
Christopher Barbour v. Michael Haley
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided December 8, 2006No. 06-10920PublishedCited by 126 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUBINA, Circuit Judge:
In this appeal, we consider whether the Sixth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments guarantee Appellants, indigent Alabama death-sentenced inmates (“the inmates”), the right to state-appointed counsel or some lesser form of state-provided legal assistance for the preparation and presentation of their postconviction claims. Relying upon United States Su preme Court and Eleventh Circuit precedents, as we must, we conclude that the United States Constitution does not afford appointed counsel on collateral review, and the inmates have failed to identify a lesser form of…
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