United States Sixth Circuit

Finding of ineffective assistance was unreasonable where counsel attempted to investigate and develop mitigating evidence, and to humanize appellant before the jury; prosecution's failure to disclose a rebuttal witness, and comments on appellant's unsworn statement to the jury, did not amount to prosecutorial misconduct.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/02/2002
• Decided 05/23/2002
• Published 05/23/2002

Judges

• Before NORRIS, SUHRHEINRICH, and GILMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Luigia Tenuta (argued and briefed), Dublin, OH, Marc S. Triplett (briefed), Bellefontaine, OH, for Petitioner-Appellee., Michael L. Collyer (argued and briefed), Office of the Attorney General, Capital Crimes Section, Cleveland, OH, Henry G. Appel, Attorney General's Office of Ohio, Capital Crimes Section, Columbus, OH, for Respondent-Appellant.