United States Sixth Circuit

Denial of a petition for habeas relief in a death penalty case is reversed where: 1) a state court applied the Strickland standard in an objectively unreasonable manner for purposes of claims that petitioner's counsel were ineffective in preparing for the sentencing phase of his trial; 2) the state court unreasonably determined that the alleged errors of trial counsel did not prejudice petitioner's case; and 3) a state court erroneously evaluated a Brady claim.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/18/2008
• Published 08/18/2008

Judges

• Before:  BATCHELDER, COLE, and CLAY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Alan C. Rossman, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellant.  Laurence R. Snyder, Office of the Ohio Attorney General, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Alan C. Rossman, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Cleveland, Ohio, William T. Doyle, Law Offices, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellant.  Lisa Marie Stickan, Daniel R. Ranke, Office of the Ohio Attorney General, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellee.