United States Sixth Circuit

All the evidence available to the district court suggested that despite functioning at the upper-end of mental retardation, petitioner was in fact competent to stand trial or enter a guilty plea; grant of habeas relief is reversed.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/30/2004
• Published 03/30/2004

Judges

• BATCHELDER, Circuit Judge., Before:  SILER, BATCHELDER, and COOK, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• David H. Findley (argued and briefed), Office of the Attorney General, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Charles E. Walker (argued and briefed), Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellee.