United States Sixth Circuit

Denial of a death row inmate's petition for a writ of habeas corpus is affirmed over challenges to the district court's: 1) procedural default rulings; 2) denial of a Sixth Amendment claim that the trial court failed to appoint an independent psychologist; 3) denial of an ineffective assistance of counsel claim; and 4) denial of a sufficiency of evidence claim.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/18/2007
• Published 05/18/2007

Judges

• Before:  SUHRHEINRICH, BATCHELDER, and COLE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Kathleen A. McGarry, McGarry Law Office, Glorieta, New Mexico, for Appellant.  Stephen E. Maher, Attorney General's Office of Ohio, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Kathleen A. McGarry, McGarry Law Office, Glorieta, New Mexico, Dennis Lyle Sipe, Buell & Sipe Co. L.P.A., Marietta, Ohio, for Appellant.  Stephen E. Maher, Attorney General's Office of Ohio, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellee.