Eleventh Circuit· 3/4/2010

Williams v. Allen

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598 F.3d 778
2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 4545
2010 WL 726253

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holding counsel’s presentation of voluntary intoxication evidence was not deficient and, by failing to “demonstrate[] that counsel needed to argue further,” petitioner could not show counsel’s strategy was unreasonable
“It is the petitioner’s burden to establish his right to habeas relief and he must prove all facts necessary to show a constitutional violation.”
“The petitioner bears the burden of proof on the performance prong as well as the prejudice prong of a Strickland claim, and both prongs must be proved to prevail.” (citation omitted)
“Despite these efforts, [the habeas petitioner] argues that if his counsel had enlisted testimony from a psychopharmacologist, such testimony would have bolstered his voluntary intoxication defense and provided a clearer demonstration of his argument to the jury.”
voluntary intoxication is not an affirmative defense to capital murder in Alabama
voluntary intoxication is not an affirmative defense to capital murder in Alabama

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Judges: Tjoflat, Black, Wilson

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