Legal Opinion
Romanes v. Secretary, Department of Corrections
District Court, M.D. Florida
Decided November 14, 2008No. 6:05-cv-00007PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
STEVEN D. MERRYDAY, District Judge.
Delio Romanes petitions for the writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Doc. 6) and challenges the validity of his state convictions for first-degree murder, kidnapping with a firearm, and robbery with a firearm. 1 Romanes alleges multiple claims of trial court error and denial of effective assistance of trial counsel. Numerous exhibits (“Respondent’s Exhibit_”) support the response.
A jury convicted Romanes of all charges. The state appellate court affirmed Romanes’s convictions and sentences in a per curiam decision without a written…
2Cases cited56 opinions
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