Legal Opinion
Pedro Medina v. Harry K. Singletary, Florida Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 17, 1995No. 93-2523PublishedCited by 143 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLACK, Circuit Judge:
Pedro Medina, a Florida inmate who was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death, appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Medina contends that his conviction and/or sentence were invalid on thirteen constitutional grounds. We affirm the district court’s denial.
I. BACKGROUND
Medina came to the United States from Cuba in 1980 as part of the Mariel boatlift when he was nineteen years old. He was released from a Cuban mental hospital immediately before leaving Cuba. Medina lived in the Orlando area and was befriended by…
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