Legal Opinion
Correll v. Secretary, Department of Corrections
District Court, M.D. Florida
Decided March 19, 2013No. Case No. 8:90-cv-315-T-23MAPPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
STEVEN D. MERRYDAY, District Judge.
In a single killing spree Jerry Correll murdered four victims, including his ex-wife and their five-year old daughter. Correll petitions for the writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Doc. 71) and challenges the validity of both his convictions for four murders and his four death sentences. Correll asserts numerous errors allegedly committed by both the trial court and his attorneys. Based on the overwhelming evidence of guilt, the substantial evidence of aggravation, and the meager evidence of mitigation, Correll’s challenges to both the…
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