Wright v. Secretary, FL DOC, No. 13-11832 (11th Cir. 2014)
Annotate this CasePetitioner, convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death, appealed the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The court concluded that the record supported the state courts' fact findings regarding petitioner's defense team having access to the information in the Holt and Luce statements; the state courts' conclusions as to the non-exculpatory nature of the Brown statement, and the Luce statement for that matter, were not unreasonable applications of Brady v. Maryland; and, therefore, the court deferred to the state courts' adjudications of petitioner's claims about the statements. The court also concluded that petitioner failed to establish that he received ineffective assistance of counsel under Strickland v. Washington and rejected petitioner's aggravating circumstances claim. Accordingly, the court affirmed the judgment of the district court.
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