Legal Opinion
Arthur Tyler v. Betty Mitchell, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 20, 2005No. 02-3896PublishedCited by 169 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner Arthur Tyler was convicted by an Ohio jury of aggravated murder in 1983 and was sentenced to death. Tyler sought a writ of habeas corpus in federal district court, but the district court denied his petition in its entirety. The district court granted a certificate of appealability on two issues: (1) whether Tyler’s waiver of mitigation evidence (other than his own unsworn statement) was constitutionally valid; and (2) whether sufficient evidence supported Tyler’s conviction and sentence for aggravated murder. Tyler appeals these issues. For the reasons…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Wiggins v. Smith, WardenSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Herrera v. CollinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
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3Cited by169 opinions
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- Ryder Ex Rel. Ryder v. WarriorCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2016
- State v. DrainOhio Supreme Court · 2022
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