BLANCO v. SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

No. 11-11993.

688 F.3d 1211 (2012)

Omar BLANCO, Petitioner-Appellant, v. SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, et. al., Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 31, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda McDermott (Court-Appointed), McClain & McDermott, PA, Wilton Manors, FL, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Leslie Teresa Campbell , Mitchell A. Egber , Atty. Gen.'s Office, West Palm Beach, FL, for Respondents-Appellees.

Before TJOFLAT, PRYOR and EDMONDSON, Circuit Judges.


TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

On June 15, 1982, a jury in the Broward County Circuit Court, Florida, convicted Omar Blanco of the first-degree capital murder1 of John Ryan and armed burglary2 of the residence where Ryan was living. On June 21, 1982, the court, accepting the jury's sentencing recommendation on the murder conviction, sentenced Blanco to death. The court also sentenced Blanco to seventy-five years'...

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