CONNER v. HALL

No. 10-10928.

645 F.3d 1277 (2011)

John Wayne CONNER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Hilton HALL, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 7, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian S. Kammer (Court-Appointed), Laura M. Berg (Court-Appointed), Thomas H. Dunn (Court-Appointed), Lynn Margo Damiano Pearson (Court-Appointed), Georgia Resource Ctr., Atlanta, GA, Michael C. Garrett , Garrett Gilliard & Saul, Augusta, GA, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Paula Khristian Smith , Atlanta, GA, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before CARNES, MARCUS and MARTIN, Circuit Judges.


MARTIN, Circuit Judge:

John Wayne Conner, a prisoner under sentence of death in the State of Georgia, appeals the District Court's denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus brought under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Conner was granted a certificate of appealability ("COA") as to three claims denied by the District Court without an evidentiary hearing: (1) whether he procedurally defaulted his mental retardation claim; (2) whether he was denied effective assistance...

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