BARNES v. SECRETARY, DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

No. 16-11530.

888 F.3d 1148 (2018)

James BARNES, Petitioner-Appellant, v. SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Attorney General, State of Florida, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 25, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ali A. Shakoor , Capital Collateral Regional Counsel, Temple Terrace, FL, for Petitioner-Appellant.

James Barnes, Pro Se.

Timothy A. Freeland , Attorney General's Office, Criminal Division, Tampa, FL, James Donald Riecks , Vivian Ann Singleton , Attorney General's Office, Daytona Beach, FL, for Respondents-Appellees.

Before WILLIAM PRYOR, MARTIN, and JULIE CARNES, Circuit Judges.


Petitioner James Barnes, a Florida death row prisoner, appeals the district court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for writ of habeas corpus. The district court granted a certificate of appealability ("COA") as to its ruling that the state trial court's appointment of special counsel to present mitigation...

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