Legal Opinion
Payne v. Allen
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 13, 2008No. 06-15674PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HULL, Circuit Judge:
In this capital case, petitioner Max Landon Payne (“Payne”) appeals the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for a writ of habeas corpus. After review and oral argument, we affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
A. The Crimes
Payne robbed, abducted, and brutally murdered Braxton Brown. See Payne v. State, 683 So.2d 440, 442-47 (Ala.Crim. App.1995). On March 23, 1992, the evening Payne murdered Brown, Payne was at his sister Wilma Faye Easterly’s house with his girlfriend, Sandra Walker, and Easterly. Payne left the house with a double-barreled shotgun. Id. at 443. Payne…
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