Legal Opinion
Evans v. Secretary, Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided May 23, 2012No. 10-14920PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARTIN, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner Wydell Evans, a Florida death row inmate, appeals the District Court’s denial of his first federal habeas corpus petition. This appeal presents a single claim for relief — whether Evans was denied the constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel at the penalty phase of his capital trial. Because Evans filed his federal petition after April 24, 1996, this case is governed by 28 U.S.C. § 2254, as amended by the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA). See Guzman v. Sec’y, Dep’t of Corr., 663 F.3d 1336, 1345 (11th Cir.2011).…
2Cases cited52 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Harrington v. RichterSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
- United States v. BagleySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Evans v. Secretary, Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2013
- Keith Edmund Gavin v. Commissioner, Alabama Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2022
- Evans v. Secretary, Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2013
- Robert Wayne Holsey v. Warden, Georgia Diagonstic PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2012
- Robert Wayne Holsey v. Warden, Georgia Diagonstic PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2012
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