Lee v. Commissioner, AL Dept. of Corrections, No. 12-14421 (11th Cir. 2013)
Annotate this CasePetitioner appealed the district court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. 2254 petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner was convicted of committing murders during an attempted armed robbery and was sentenced to death. The Alabama appellate court held that petitioner's trial counsel was not ineffective in the investigation and presentation of mitigation evidence under Strickland v. Washington; the trial judge's override of the jury's life-sentence recommendation did not violate Ring v. Arizona; and the State's peremptory challenges did not violate Batson v. Kentucky. The court concluded that the state court's denial of petitioner's claims was not contrary to or an unreasonable application of clearly established federal law under section 2254(d). Accordingly, the court affirmed the judgment.
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