Antonio Lebaron Melton v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al.
HabeasCorpus Punishment Securities
Whether Wilson v. Sellers requires faithful adherence to the last reasoned decision of a state court, or may federal courts bolster such a decision by omitting or adding selective judicial findings?
QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether Wilson v. Sellers requires faithful adherence to the last reasoned decision of a state court, or may federal courts bolster such a decision by omitting or adding selective judicial findings? 2. Whether trial counsel’s admission of error or concession of a lack of strategy deserves deference in a Strickland v. Washington analysis? 3. Whether an attorney has a duty to conduct a thorough investigation which includes interviewing and investigating crucial witnesses with knowledge of the defendant’s innocence? 4, Whether Strickland v. Washington requires that prejudice must be reviewed by aggregating trial counsel’s errors? i