WHISENHANT v. ALLEN

No. 04-15810.

556 F.3d 1198 (2009)

Thomas Warren WHISENHANT, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Richard F. ALLEN, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

February 3, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rebekah Young, Rhonda Brownstein, J. Richard Cohen, Southern Poverty Law Ctr., Montgomery, AL, for Whisenhant.

J. Clayton Crenshaw, Montgomery, AL, for Allen.

Before EDMONDSON, Chief Judge, and BIRCH and BLACK, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

This is a death penalty case in which petitioner-appellant, Thomas Warren Whisenhant, appeals the district court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for federal habeas relief. Whisenhant raises four claims in this appeal: (1) his counsel was ineffective at his 1981 guilt phase trial for failing to present his only defense of insanity; (2) the state failed to disclose exculpatory evidence during the 1981 trial and a 1987 penalty phase trial;...

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