MERRIMAN

v.

TRIPPETT, WARDEN

Citator

Cited By

• Putman v. Head, 268 F.3d 1223 (11th Cir. 2001)
  …evidence that the co-worker was willing and able to testify in Cook County. Where the record is incomplete or unclear, a court must presume that counsel acted reasonably. See Williams v. Head, 185 F. 3d 1223, 1227-28 (11th Cir.1999), cert. denied, 530 U.S. 1246, 120 S.Ct. 2696, 147 L.Ed.2d 967 (2000). Nonetheless, Appellant did present to the state court a number of affidavits from co-workers and friends who swore they would have testified for Appellant, if asked. No doubt, personal testimony from a non-…
• Fugate v. Head, 261 F.3d 1206 (11th Cir. 2001)
  …assistance of counsel, we traditionally review the district court’s findings of fact for clear error and its legal conclusions and mixed questions of law and fact de novo. See Williams v. Head, 185 F. 3d 1223, 1226-27 (11th Cir.1999), cert. denied, 530 U.S. 1246, 120 S.Ct. 2696, 147 L.Ed.2d 967 (2000). In this case, however, both this court and the district court are reviewing, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, a final state habeas judgment. Section 2254, as amended by the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death P…
• van Poyck v. Fla. Dep't OF Corr., 290 F.3d 1318 (11th Cir. 2002)
  …e as mitigation. See Williams v. Head, 185 F. 3d 1223, 1237 (11th Cir.1999) (“An attorney does not render ineffective assistance by failing to discover and develop evidence of childhood abuse that his client does not mention to him.”), cert. denied, 530 U.S. 1246, 120 S.Ct. 2696, 147 L.Ed.2d 967 (2000). Therefore, the Florida Supreme Court’s rejection of this claim was not unreasonable. C. Triggerman Evidence Petitioner argues that Counsel’s performance was constitutionally defective because he failed to p…