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BROWNLEE v. HALEY

No. 00-15858.

306 F.3d 1043 (2002)

Virgil Lee BROWNLEE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Michael HALEY, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 16, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maurice R. Mitts (Court-Appointed), Frey, Petrakis, Deeb & Blum, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, for Petitioner-Appellant.

George Martin, Montgomery, AL, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before EDMONDSON, Chief Judge, and MARCUS and WILSON, Circuit Judges.

MARCUS, Circuit Judge:

Virgil Lee Brownlee appeals the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus challenging both his 1987 conviction for the murder of Lathen Aaron Dodd and the death sentence imposed as a result of that conviction by the Circuit Court for Jefferson County, Alabama. Although we agree with the district court that the underlying conviction was constitutionally firm, Brownlee plainly received ineffective assistance of counsel...

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