Puiatti v. Secretary, FL Dept. of Corrections, No. 12-15581 (11th Cir. 2013)
Annotate this CasePetitioner filed a 28 U.S.C. 2254 petition for a writ of habeas corpus that challenged his convictions and death sentence on multiple grounds. At issue on appeal was whether trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance to petitioner in the penalty phase of his capital murder trial in allegedly failing to investigate and present mitigation evidence. The court affirmed the district court's denial of petitioner's section 2254 petition after considering the state court record, the evidentiary record in the district court, and the parties' submissions.
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