ROBERTS v. COMMISSIONER, ALA. DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

No. 10-15259.

677 F.3d 1086 (2012)

David Lee ROBERTS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER, ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 18, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Ganter , Michael J. Petersen , Nicole Ramos , Federal Defender Program, Inc., Montgomery, AL, for Petitioner-Appellant.

James Clayton Crenshaw , Tracy Millar Daniel , Thomas R. Govan, Jr. , Luther J. Strange, III , Montgomery, AL, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before BARKETT, HULL and WILSON, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

David Roberts, an Alabama state prisoner, appeals from the district court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition challenging his conviction for capital murder. We issued a Certificate of Appealability on the following three issues: (1) whether Roberts's trial counsel was ineffective for failing to investigate and/or present evidence to support an insanity defense despite entering a plea of "not...

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