SARGENT, WARDEN

v.

WOODARD

Citator

Cited By

• Eurus Kelly Waters v. Thomas, 46 F.3d 1506 (11th Cir. 1995)
  …05, 1512 (11th Cir.1985) (“Surely, counsel is not required to call a witness to testify to facts such as lack of violent nature when the jury has rejected such an approach and has found the defendant is guilty of murder.”), vacated on other grounds, 476 U.S. 1112, 106 S.Ct. 1964, 90 L.Ed.2d 650 (1986), reaffirmed, 874 F. 2d 1397 (11th Cir.1989). The test for ineffectiveness is not whether counsel could have done more; perfection is not required. E.g., Atkins v. Singletary, 965 F. 2d 952, 960 (11th Cir.1992…
• Delap v. Dugger, 890 F.2d 285 (11th Cir. 1989)
  …eath. These alleged inconsistencies are minimal. Furthermore, Delap’s counsel vigorously cross-examined both Dr. Schofield and Brumley at the second trial.15 See Griffin v. Wainwright, 760 F. 2d 1505, 1512 (11th Cir.1985), vacated on other grounds, 476 U.S. 1112, 106 S.Ct. 1964, 90 L.Ed.2d 650 (1986). Whether counsel would have been more effective had Dr. Schofield’s alleged inconsistencies in testimony been brought out at the second trial requires an inappropriate use of hindsight to assess the effectivene…
• Pope v. Sec'y FOR the Dep't OF Corr., 680 F.3d 1271 (11th Cir. 2012)
  …s of Strickland, lending support to the view that it was actually rejecting all of Pope’s claims in light of the record. . Likewise, in Griffin v. Wainwright, 760 F. 2d 1505, 1518 (11th Cir.1985) (per curiam) ("Griffin I"), vacated on other grounds, 476 U.S. 1112, 106 S.Ct. 1964, 90 L.Ed.2d 650 (1986), reaff'd sub nom., Griffin v. Dugger, 874 F. 2d 1397 (11th Cir.1989) (per curiam) ("Griffin II"), a Florida court had denied post-conviction relief without an evidentiary hearing on a petitioner’s claim that th…