Legal Opinion
Debra Dando v. Joan Yukins, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 30, 2006No. 04-1691PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMartin, J., joined by Clay, J.,
GUY, J. (pp. 802-805), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
OPINION
BOYCE F. MARTIN, JR., Circuit Judge.
Debra Dando appeals the district court’s denial of her habeas corpus petition. Dan-do had been involved in a crime spree with her boyfriend, and pled no contest to several counts of robbery and related charges. Dando later sought unsuccessfully to vacate her plea. Her habeas petition challenged the Michigan state courts’ denial of her request for a mental health expert and her claim of ineffective assistance of counsel. For the following reasons, we reverse the district court’s denial of…
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