KNIGHT v. FLORIDA DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

No. 18-13390.

936 F.3d 1322 (2019)

Richard KNIGHT, Petitioner-Appellant, v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 30, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Todd Gerald Scher , Law Office of Todd G. Scher, PL, DANIA BEACH, FL, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Lisa-Marie Lerner , Attorney General's Office, WEST PALM BEACH, FL, Pam Bondi, Attorney General's Office, TALLAHASSEE, FL, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before TJOFLAT, JORDAN, and GRANT, Circuit Judges.


Richard Knight, a Florida prisoner sentenced to death for the murders of Odessia Stephens and her daughter, Hanessia Mullings, appeals the district court's denial of his federal habeas corpus petition. At this stage—almost 20 years after the crimes were committed and more than a decade after a Florida jury found Knight...

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