HARMON ET AL.

v.

THORNBURGH, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES, ET AL.

Citator

Cited By (27 total)

• Lightbourne v. McCOLLUM, 969 So. 2d 326 (Fla. 2007)
  …itially stayed the execution until it ruled on the merits of the claim and ultimately denied relief. The district court denied relief, and the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the denial. Lightbourne v. Dugger, 829 F. 2d 1012 (11th Cir.1987), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 934, 109 S.Ct. 329, 102 L.Ed.2d 346 (1988). Before his scheduled execution, Lightbourne filed another postconviction motion in state court which was summarily denied. We entered a stay of execution and granted relief in part, remanding one claim for an…
• Suarez v. State, 671 So. 2d 273 (Fla. 3d DCA 1996)
  …PER CURIAM. Affirmed. See Lightbourne v. Dugger, 829 F. 2d 1012 (11th Cir.1987), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 934, 109 S.Ct. 329, 102 L.Ed.2d 346 (1988); Hardwick v. State, 521 So. 2d 1071 (Fla.), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 871, 109 S.Ct. 185, 102 L.Ed.2d 154 (1988); State v. Sheperd, 479 So. 2d 106 (Fla.1985); Montes v. State, 516 So. 2d 1047 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987).…
• Bolender v. Singletary, 16 F.3d 1547 (11th Cir. 1994)
  …nt, 3 F. 3d 1445, 1450 (11th Cir.1993). The failure to conduct a reasonable investigation into possible mitigating drcumstances may render counsel’s assistance ineffective. Lightbourne v. Dugger, 829 F. 2d 1012, 1025 (11th Cir.1987), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 934, 109 S.Ct. 329, 102 L.Ed.2d 346 (1988). A defense attorney is not required to investigate all leads, however, and “there is no per se rule that evidence of a criminal defendant’s troubled childhood must always be presented as mitigating evidence i…