Whitton v. Dixon · ¶36

First, the evidence against Whitton at trial more than justified the Eleventh Circuit's decision. The Supreme Court of Florida concluded that, apart from Ozio's testimony and the 2002 test results, the State had presented “overwhelming evidence against Whitton.” Whitton, 161 So. 3d, at 334. That conclusion, all agree, must be reviewed by the federal habeas court deferentially under § 2254(d). Only if the Supreme Court of Florida's conclusion “was so lacking in justification that there was an error . . . beyond any possibility for fairminded disagreement” could the Eleventh Circuit have granted relief on Whitton's Giglio claim, which required a showing that Ozio's allegedly false testimony made a difference in his trial. Davis v. Ayala, 576 U. S. 257, 269–270 (2015) (internal quotation marks omitted).

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