LAND v. ALLEN

No. 08-15254.

573 F.3d 1211 (2009)

Michael Jeffrey LAND, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Richard F. ALLEN, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections, State of Alabama Attorney General, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 10, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leslie S. Smith, Stephen P. Ganter, John Palombi, Fed. Pub. Defenders, Montgomery, AL, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Beth Jackson Hughes, Montgomery, AL, for Respondents-Appellees.

Before DUBINA, Chief Judge, and BIRCH and BARKETT, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Michael Jeffrey Land appeals the district court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition in which he sought to overturn his conviction and death sentence for the murder of Candace Brown.

Regarding the conviction, he argues that his habeas petition should be granted because: (1) an incriminating statement, allegedly made as a result of police coercion, was admitted at trial in violation of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments; (2) the...

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