Derrick Antoine Powell v. Secretary, DOC

Derrick Antoine Powell, a Florida prisoner serving a life sentence and two concurrent seven and a half years’ sentences for first degree felony murder, armed robbery, and armed burglary, appeals pro se the district court’s denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. This appeal is governed by the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA). The district court granted a certificate of appealability (COA) on (1) whether Powell was denied his Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment right to a fair trial “when the State called three admittedly…