United States Sixth Circuit

Summary dismissal of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus from a first-degree murder conviction is affirmed over claims of error regarding: 1) ineffective assistance of trial counsel; 2) ineffective assistance of post-conviction counsel; and 3) the summary dismissal of the petition without ordering a response and reviewing the state court transcripts.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/25/2007
• Published 06/25/2007

Judges

• Before:  BOGGS, Chief Judge;  and BATCHELDER and GRIFFIN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  C. Mark Pickrell, Waller, Lansden, Dortch & Davis, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellant.  John H. Bledsoe, Office of the Attorney General, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  C. Mark Pickrell, Waller, Lansden, Dortch & Davis, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellant.  John H. Bledsoe, Office of the Attorney General, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellee.