MEDINA v. SINGLETARY

No. 93-2523.

59 F.3d 1095 (1995)

Pedro MEDINA, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Harry K. SINGLETARY, Florida Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 17, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judith J. Dougherty, Assistant Capital Collateral Representative, Office of the Capital Collateral Representative, Gail E. Anderson, Tallahassee, FL, for appellant.

Margene A. Roper, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Legal Affairs, Daytona Beach, FL, for appellee.

Before DUBINA, BLACK and CARNES, Circuit Judges.


BLACK, Circuit Judge:

Pedro Medina, a Florida inmate who was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death, appeals the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Medina contends that his conviction and/or sentence were invalid on thirteen constitutional grounds. We affirm the district court's denial.

I. BACKGROUND

Medina came to the United States from Cuba in 1980 as part of the Mariel boatlift when he was nineteen...

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