Opinion ID: 73125
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Heading: The Mitigating Circumstances Jury

Text: Instruction Claim (XV in the district court opinion) 3 Of the guilt stage ineffective assistance claims Provenzano asserted in the district court, see Provenzano v. Singletary, manuscript op. at 9-27, 1997 WL 909440 at -, he has not argued in this Court the ones relating to: difficulty in securing counsel; waiver of attorney-client privilege regarding the testimony of two State’s witnesses; and Provenzano not testifying at the guilt stage. Accordingly, those contentions are waived. See, e.g., Marek v. Singletary, 62 F.3d 1295, 1298 n.2 (11th Cir. 1995) (“Issues not clearly raised in the briefs are considered abandoned.”); Love v. Deal, 5 F.3d 1406, 1407 n.1 (11th Cir. 1993). 5