Nicholas Tate and two brothers pleaded guilty to murdering Chrissie Williams and her three-year-old daughter. Tate waived a jury for sentencing and later challenged his death sentence, alleging ineffective assistance and prosecutorial misconduct; he had instructed counsel not to present evidence about his abusive childhood, drug use, and psychological issues. The Eleventh Circuit reviewed the Georgia Supreme Court’s rulings under AEDPA and held they were not unreasonable. It also concluded that a prosecutor’s corrected misstatement about blood on clothing did not make sentencing fundamentally unfair. The court affirmed denial of federal habeas relief.