MCCRAVY

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By

• Ferrell v. Hilton Hall, 640 F.3d 1199 (11th Cir. 2011)
  …determinations were unreasonable. The Sixth Amendment guarantees criminal defendants the right to the effective assistance of counsel. Strickland, 466 U.S. at 686, 104 S.Ct. 2052; Hamilton v. Ford, 969 F. 2d 1006, 1011 (11th Cir.1992), cert. denied, 507 U.S. 1000, 113 S.Ct. 1625, 123 L.Ed.2d 183 (1993). A lawyer who represents multiple defendants with conflicting interests cannot provide sufficient legal assistance to satisfy the Sixth Amendment’s command. Holloway v. Arkansas, 435 U.S. 475, 481, 98 S.Ct.…
• Buenoano v. Singletary, 74 F.3d 1078 (11th Cir. 1996)
  …ded that Buenoano freely entered into the contract. . But see Hamilton v. Ford, 969 F. 2d 1006, 1011 (11th Cir.1992) (declining to extend the Cuyler standard to joint representation cases in which a timely objection was made at trial), cert. denied, 507 U.S. 1000, 113 S.Ct. 1625, 123 L.Ed.2d 183 (1993). . This circuit has adopted the following test to distinguish between actual and potential conflict: "We will not find an actual conflict unless [the defendant] can point to specific instances in the record to…
• Remeta v. Singletary, 85 F.3d 513 (11th Cir. 1996)
  …we presume that the factual findings made by a state court of competent jurisdiction following a hearing on the merits are correct if evidenced by reliable and adequate indicia. Hamilton v. Ford, 969 F. 2d 1006, 1010 (11th Cir.1992), cert. denied, 507 U.S. 1000, 113 S.Ct. 1625, 123 L.Ed.2d 183 (1993). We review factual conclusions made by the district court under a clearly erroneous standard. Id. We review mixed questions of law and fact de novo. Id. at 1034. A. Procedural Default We note at the outse…