Bates v. Secretary, FL DOC via www.justia.com Docket: 13-11882 Opinion Date: September 5, 2014 Judges: Carnes, Tjoflat Areas of Law: Criminal Law Petitioner, a death row inmate convicted of murder, was granted a certificate of appealability by this court on two grounds: first, petitioner contended that his trial counsel was constitutionally ineffective for failing to…
From the 11th Circut Court of Appeals, August 5, 2014, courtesy of www.law.justia.com: MADISON V. COMMISSIONER, ALABAMA DOC, CASE 13-12348 (There is quite the procedural history on this case) This case involves a death row inmate’s federal habeas corpus appeal involving whether the prosecutor engaged in racially discriminatory jury selection practices, by excluding all…
