OVERSTREET v. WARDEN

No. 13-14995.

811 F.3d 1283 (2016)

Johnny OVERSTREET, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. WARDEN, Respondent-Appellee, Attorney General, State of Georgia, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

January 27, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Brumbaugh , King & Spalding LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Clint Christopher Malcolm , Paula Khristian Smith , Samuel Scott Olens , Georgia Department of Law, Atlanta, GA, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before MARTIN, ANDERSON and BLACK, Circuit Judges.


Johnny Overstreet, Jr., a Georgia prisoner, appeals the district court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for writ of habeas corpus. This Court granted a certificate of appealability on the following issue:

Whether appellate counsel rendered ineffective assistance in failing to argue that there was insufficient...

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