BOYD v. ALLEN

No. 07-14908.

592 F.3d 1274 (2010)

William Glenn BOYD, Petitioner-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. Richard F. ALLEN, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections, the Attorney General of State of Alabama, Respondents-Appellants, Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

January 8, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Ruth Elissa Friedman (court-Appointed), Washington, DC, for Boyd.

Before BIRCH, BARKETT and MARCUS, Circuit Judges.


MARCUS, Circuit Judge:

In this capital case, the Commissioner of the Alabama Department of Corrections, Richard F. Allen, appeals from the district court's order granting in part William Glenn Boyd's petition for a writ of habeas corpus, filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The district court granted relief on Boyd's claim that his trial counsel were constitutionally ineffective during the penalty phase of the trial, holding that trial counsel performed deficiently...

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