HANNON v. SECRETARY, DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

No. 07-15991.

562 F.3d 1146 (2009)

Patrick Charles HANNON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

March 19, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Suzanne Myers Keffer, William M. Harris, III (Appointed by District Court). Capital Collateral Regional Counsel-South, Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Appellant.

Katherine Vickers Blanco, Tampa, FL, for Appellee.

Before BIRCH, DUBINA and PRYOR, Circuit Judges.


DUBINA, Circuit Judge:

In this death penalty case, we consider whether the Florida state courts unreasonably applied clearly established federal law when they ruled that petitioner, Patrick Hannon ("Hannon"), failed to demonstrate that his trial counsel's performance was inadequate during the penalty phase of his trial. The district court concluded that the state courts' resolution of Hannon's claim of ineffective assistance of penalty phase counsel was not unreasonable...

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