Robert Bryant Melson v. Richard F. Allen

FILED
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
JULY 27, 2010
JOHN LEY
CLERK
[PUBLISH]
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
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No. 06-14047
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D. C. Docket No. 04-03422-CV-VEH-HGD
ROBERT BRYANT MELSON,
Petitioner-Appellant,
versus
RICHARD F. ALLEN, Commissioner,
Alabama Department of Corrections,
Respondent-Appellee.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Northern District of Alabama
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(July 27, 2010)
ON REMAND FROM THE
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
Before BIRCH, BARKETT and WILSON, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:

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In 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, ___ S. Ct.___, 2010 WL
2471066 (June 21, 2010), and remanded the case to us for further consideration in
light of its decision in Holland v. Florida, 560 U.S. ___, 130 S. Ct. 2549 (2010)
WL 2346549. 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.
REMANDED.
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