DIGSBY v. McNEIL

No. 09-10978.

627 F.3d 823 (2010)

Lawrence DIGSBY, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Walter McNEIL, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

December 7, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Noel G. Lawrence (Court-Appointed), Lawrence & Parker, P.A., Jacksonville, FL, for Digsby.

Joshua Ryan Heller , Tallahassee, FL, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before HULL and MARCUS, Circuit Judges, and COOKE, District Judge.


HULL, Circuit Judge:

Lawrence Digsby, a Florida prisoner serving a ten-year sentence for a felon-in-possession-of-a-firearm conviction, appeals from the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Digsby argues that his jury trial on his firearm charge was barred by collateral estoppel, and therefore his state appellate counsel was ineffective for not raising Digsby's collateral estoppel claim in the state direct...

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