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JAMES v. WARDEN

No. 17-11855.

957 F.3d 1184 (2020)

Joe Nathan JAMES, Petitioner-Appellant, v. WARDEN, Holman Correctional Facility, Attorney General, State of Alabama, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 28, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wesley A. Van Winkle , Law Offices of Wesley A. Van Winkle, BERKELEY, CA, Joe Nathan James, Pro Se, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Richard Dearman Anderson , Kelsey Curtis , Alabama Attorney General's Office Constitutional Defense Division, MONT-GOMERY, AL, for Respondents-Appellees.

Before ED CARNES, Chief Judge, MARTIN, and GRANT, Circuit Judges.

Joe Nathan James has been tried, convicted, and sentenced to death twice for the murder of Faith Hall Smith. In this appeal, he seeks federal habeas corpus relief on the ground that his attorneys provided constitutionally ineffective assistance in the penalty phase of his second trial by failing to investigate or present mitigating...

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