United States Sixth Circuit

Defendant's petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Section 2254(a), alleging claims of prosecutorial misconduct, ineffective assistance of counsel, and sufficiency of the evidence, and the question of procedural default as it relates to those issues, denied.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/07/2002
• Published 02/07/2002

Judges

• Before: NORRIS, SILER, and DAUGHTREY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• J. Joseph Bodine, Jr., Timothy R. Payne (argued and briefed), Public Defender's Office, Ohio Public Defender Commission, Columbus, OH, Kyle E. Timken (briefed), Ohio Public Defender's Office, Columbus, OH, for Petitioner-Appellant in Nos. 00-3357, 00-3359., Ernest Martin (briefed), Mansfield Correctional Institute, Mansfield, OH, pro se in Nos. 00-3357, 00-3359.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jon W. Oebker (briefed), Heather L. Gosselin, Norman E. Plate (argued), Office of the Attorney General of Ohio, Capital Crimes Section, Columbus, OH, for Respondents-Appellees in Nos. 00-3357, 00-3359.