United States Sixth Circuit

Denial of plaintiff's petition for a writ of habeas corpus is reversed where his trial counsel was constitutionally ineffective in failing to object to egregious prosecutorial misconduct.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/12/2005
• Published 10/12/2005

Judges

• Before:  SILER, MOORE, and COLE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Theresa G. Haire, Public Defender's Office, Ohio Public Defender Commission, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellant.  Mark Joseph Zemba, Office of the Attorney General of Ohio, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Siobhan R. Clovis, Public Defender's Office, Ohio Public Defender Commission, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellant.  Mark Joseph Zemba, Office of the Attorney General of Ohio, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellee.