Bonnell v. Mitchell

MARTHA CRAIG DAUGHTREY, Circuit Judge.

The petitioner, Melvin Bonnell, is a prisoner on Ohio’s death row, having been convicted of aggravated burglary and capital murder in the death of Robert Eugene Bunner in November 1987. Following the unsuccessful exhaustion of his remedies in state court, Bonnell filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in federal district court but was denied relief there as well. He now appeals the district court’s judgment, contending (1) that the state improperly suppressed exculpatory evidence, (2) that the district court erred in denying him discovery and an…