Legal Opinion

Leonard Anthony Dunn v. Harry K. Singletary, Secretary, Department of Corrections Robert A. Butterworth, Florida Attorney General

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided March 25, 1999No. 97-3062PublishedCited by 19 opinions

Non-Argument Calendar.

1Per curiam

Leonard Anthony Dunn, a Florida inmate proceeding pro se, appeals the district court’s denial of his habeas corpus petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Dunn is currently serving a 50-year sentence for his 1986 conviction on a guilty plea to second-degree murder with a firearm. Because Dunn filed his petition after April 24, 1996, the effective date of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (“AEDPA”), Pub.L. No. 104-132, 101 Stat. 1214, the AEDPA governs this case.

The AEDPA provides that “[a] claim presented in a second or successive habeas corpus application under section 2254…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Felker v. TurpinSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
  3. Stewart v. Martinez-VillarealSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
  4. McWilliams v. State of ColoradoCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1997
  5. Robert Camarano v. Frank Irvin, Superintendent, Wende Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1996

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Steven Bernard Boyd v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2014
  2. In Re: Billy Williams, MovantCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2004
  3. Frank Williams, Jr. v. Larry Norris, Director, Arkansas Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2006
  4. Frank Young v. Secretary, Florida Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2017
  5. Alfonso Ponton v. Secretary, Florida Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2018

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