MAX

v.

LANE, DIRECTOR, ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Citator

Cited By (37 total)

• Stevens v. State, 552 So. 2d 1082 (Fla. 1989)
  …one without any mitigating circumstances when in fact those circumstances exist, then confidence in the trial judge’s decision to reject the jury’s recommendation is undermined. Porter v. Wainwright, 805 F. 2d 930, 936 (11th Cir.1986), cert. denied, 482 U.S. 918, 107 S.Ct. 3195, 96 L.Ed.2d 682 (1987). At that point it cannot be said that no reasonable person could differ as to the appropriate penalty. Id. Not only did trial counsel fail to develop a case in mitigation or to make any arguments on Stevens’ b…
• Raleigh Porter v. Dugger, 559 So. 2d 201 (Fla. 1990)
  …, concur in result only. . Gardner v. Florida, 430 U.S. 349, 97 S.Ct. 1197, 51 L.Ed.2d 393 (1977). . Porter also sought relief in the federal courts, which stayed his execution. In Porter v. Wainwright, 805 F. 2d 930 (11th Cir.1986), cert. denied, 482 U.S. 918, 107 S.Ct. 3195, 96 L.Ed.2d 682 (1987), the circuit court remanded to the district court for an evidentiary hearing on some of Porter's claims, but we can find no subsequent history on this case. . In his findings of fact the trial judge stated: T…
• Raleigh Porter v. State, 653 So. 2d 374 (Fla. 1995)
  …nded for an evidentiary hearing on the issues of whether trial counsel had an actual conflict of interest and whether resentencing counsel rendered ineffective assistance of counsel. Porter v. Wainwright, 805 F. 2d 930 (11th Cir.1986), cert. denied, 482 U.S. 918, 107 S.Ct. 3195, 96 L.Ed.2d 682 (1987), and cert. denied, 482 U.S. 919, 107 S.Ct. 3196, 96 L.Ed.2d 683 (1987). The court also found several of Porter’s claims, including a claim that the heinous, atrocious, or cruel aggravator impermissibly channels…