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611 F.3d 1380

Docket No. 06-14047.

Melson v. Allen

Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Decided July 27, 2010.

Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 2010-07-27

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently April 2013

1 federal appellate ·

2 counsel of record

Relies on Holland v. Florida · Melson v. Allen

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Opinion by (per_curiam) · Decided 2010-07-27

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¶1James T. Lawley, James H. Carter, John Palombi, Matt D. Schultz, Fed. Pub. Defenders, Robert M. Illman, Fed. Defenders Program, Inc., Christine A. Freeman, Fed. Pub. Def., Federal Defender MAL, Montgomery, AL, for Petitioner-Appellant.

¶2Beth Jackson Hughes, J. Clayton Crenshaw, Montgomery, AL, for RespondentAppellee.

¶3Before BIRCH, BARKETT and WILSON, Circuit Judges.

¶4PER CURIAM:

¶5In Melson v. Allen, 548 F.3d 993 (11th Cir.2008), we affirmed Robert B. Melson’s death sentence following his 1996 capital murder convictions. The Supreme Court vacated our judgment, Melson v. Allen, - U.S. -, 130 S.Ct. 3491, - L.Ed.2d -, 2010 WL 2471066 (2010), and remanded the case to us for further consideration in light of its decision in Holland v. *1381Florida, 560 U.S. -, 130 S.Ct. 2549, 177 L.Ed.2d 130 (2010). We hereby remand this case to the district court so that it may conduct the necessary fact-finding in the first instance in accordance with the principles set forth in Holland.

¶6REMANDED.

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