Sillick v. Ault

ORDER

READE, District Judge.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. INTRODUCTION.741

II. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND .741

A. Trial.741

B. Direct Appeal.742

C. State Post-Conviction Relief Proceedings.745

D. Federal Post-Conviction Relief Proceedings.749

III. STANDARD OF REVIEW.754

IV. 28 U.S.C. § 2254 MOTION.754

A. Applicable Standard .754

B. Analysis of Properly Exhausted Claims.754

1. Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Standard.756

2. Combined Defense Instruction and Marshaling Instruction Errors .757

a. Combined Defense Instruction.758

b. Marshaling Instruction Errors.760

3. Definitions of Specific Intent Elements .762

C.…