United States Sixth Circuit

In a murder prosecution, the denial of Petitioner's habeas petition is affirmed, where: 1) even if an excluded photograph of the victim had been presented at trial, reasonable jurors could still have found Defendant guilty; and 2) an excluded police report would not have been exculpatory.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/14/2009
• Published 08/14/2009

Judges

• Before:  CLAY and McKEAGUE, Circuit Judges;  HOLSCHUH, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Edwin J. Vargas, The Vargas Law Firm, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellant.  Thelma Thomas Price, Office of the Ohio Attorney General, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Edwin J. Vargas, The Vargas Law Firm, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellant.  Thelma Thomas Price, Office of the Ohio Attorney General, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellee.