GREEN v. NELSON

No. 08-11212.

595 F.3d 1245 (2010)

James L. GREEN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Cynthia NELSON, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

February 4, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Zachary D. Tripp, King & Spalding, LLP, Washington, DC, Courtland L. Reichman (Court-Appointed), King Spalding, Atlanta, GA, for Green.

Amy E. Hawkin Morelli, Atlanta, GA, for Nelson.

Before TJOFLAT and BARKETT, Circuit Judges, and BARZILAY, Judge.


BARKETT, Circuit Judge:

James L. Green, a Georgia state prisoner serving two consecutive life sentences, appeals the district court's denial of his pro se 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition in which he raised numerous challenges to his state convictions of rape, aggravated sodomy, and related charges which arose out of two separate attacks on two women. We granted a Certificate of Appealability on the following issues:

Was the state court's determination...

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