BROADNAX v. COMMISSIONER, ALABAMA DEP'T OF CORR'S

No. 20-12600.

996 F.3d 1215 (2021)

Donald BROADNAX, Petitioner-Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER, ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

May 7, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Anthony Palombi , Leslie S. Smith , Federal Defender Program, Inc., Montgomery, AL, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Richard Dearman Anderson , Edmund Gerard LaCour, Jr. , Alabama Attorney General's Office, Montgomery, AL, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before WILSON, MARTIN, and JILL PRYOR, Circuit Judges.


Donald Broadnax, an Alabama death row prisoner, appeals the District Court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Mr. Broadnax raises three issues in this appeal. First, he says trial counsel was ineffective for failing to investigate his alibi for the time of the crime. Second, Mr. Broadnax...

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