In In re Lambrix, No. 10-14476 (Oct. 26, 2010), the Court denied the application of a Florida death row inmate, convicted of a murder that occurred in 1983, for leave to file a second or successive habeas corpus petition.
The Court noted that the standard for a second or successive petition was a showing that facts could not have been discovered earlier, and that, but for a constitutional error, no reasonable factfinder would find the defendant guilty. Lambrix relied on the recantation of one of the prosecution’s witnesses. The Court noted that the recantation could have been discovered earlier, and that reasonable factfinders could still have found Lambrix guilty. The Court found Lambrix’s other allegations to similarly lack merit.
