Gus L. Pope v. Glenn Rich

Gus L. Pope, a Georgia state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed a habeas corpus petition alleging ineffective assistance of state appellate counsel, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The district court determined that Pope’s § 2254 petition was procedurally barred. This Court then granted a Certificate of Appealability on the issue of whether Pope’s “claims of ineffective assistance of appellate counsel for counsel’s failure to raise a claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel regarding the admission of a prior conviction [were] procedurally barred.” After review, we affirm. 1

On appeal,…