ADKINS v. WARDEN, HOLMAN CF

No. 11-12380.

710 F.3d 1241 (2013)

Ricky D. ADKINS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. WARDEN, HOLMAN CF, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

February 27, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Brooks Bright (Court-Appointed), Raoul Dieter Schonemann (Court-Appointed), Southern Center for Human Rights, Atlanta, GA, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Beth Jackson Hughes , Andrew Lynn Brasher , Atty. General's Office, Montgomery, AL, Respondents-Appellees.

Before TJOFLAT, BARKETT and MARTIN, Circuit Judges.


MARTIN, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner Ricky Adkins, an Alabama prisoner on death row, appeals from the District Court's denial of his first petition for writ of habeas corpus, brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The District Court granted Mr. Adkins a Certificate of Appealability (COA) for the following issues: (1) whether the state unconstitutionally removed black jurors on the basis of their race in violation of Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U...

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