PHILMORE v. McNEIL

No. 07-13637.

575 F.3d 1251 (2009)

Lenard PHILMORE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Walter A. McNEIL, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 23, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Vincent Viggiano (Court-Appointed), Tampa, FL, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Leslie T. Campbell, West Palm Beach, FL, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before TJOFLAT, BIRCH and WILSON, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Lenard Philmore ("Philmore"), a Florida death row prisoner, appeals the district court's denial of habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Philmore received the death penalty for the 1997 murder of Kazue Perron, whom he kidnapped and killed in order to use her vehicle for a bank robbery. After careful consideration of all the evidence and the parties' arguments, we AFFIRM.

I. BACKGROUND

On 14 November 1997, Philmore carjacked...

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