United States Sixth Circuit

Remanded to the district court to determine whether habeas relief should be granted given defense counsel's failure to conduct any additional investigation after the sudden appearance of an alibi witness four days before trial.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/10/2004
• Published 05/10/2004

Judges

• Before:  MERRITT and SUTTON, Circuit Judges;  FEIKENS, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jill E. Stone (argued and briefed), Public Defender's Office, Ohio Public Defender Commission, Columbus, OH, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Diane Mallory (argued and briefed), Asst. Atty. General, Office of the Attorney General Corrections Litigation Section, Columbus, OH, for Respondent-Appellee.