James Hanna v. Todd Ishee

OPINION

CLAY, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner James Hanna was convicted of aggravated murder by an Ohio jury and sentenced to death. He appeals an order by the district court denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. For the reasons set forth below, we AFFIRM the district court’s judgment denying the petition.

BACKGROUND

I. The Crime

The facts underlying Petitioner’s conviction, as derived from the Ohio Supreme Court’s decision denying Petitioner’s direct appeal, are not in dispute:

In the late summer of 1997, Petitioner was an Ohio state inmate housed at the…