Landers v. Warden, No. 13-11898 (11th Cir. 2015)
Annotate this CasePetitioner appealed the denial of his habeas petition without holding an evidentiary hearing, challenging the adequacy of the Alabama court's fact-finding procedure on collateral review. Petitioner alleged that he received ineffective assistance of counsel. Applying Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA), 28 U.S.C. 2254, deference, the court concluded that petitioner failed to demonstrate that the state court's fact-finding methods in this case were so deficient as to render its factual determinations unreasonable. The court could not say that making a credibility determination on the basis of conflicting affidavits in this case was objectively unreasonable. Accordingly, the court affirmed the judgment of the district court.
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