Legal Opinion
Sheppard v. Bagley
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 13, 2011No. 09-3472PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKethledge, J., joined by Batchelder, C.J.,
BATCHELDER, C.J. (pp. 348-50), delivered a separate concurring opinion. MERRITT, J. (pp. 350-53), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
OPINION
KETHLEDGE, Circuit Judge.
Sixteen years ago, an Ohio jury convicted Bobby Sheppard of aggravated murder and sentenced him to death. He now asks us to grant him a writ of habeas corpus ordering the state of Ohio to redo the penalty phase of his trial. The district court denied Sheppard’s petition. We affirm.
I
On August 19, 1994, Sheppard walked into a Cincinnati liquor store wearing a mask and carrying a gun. He was eighteen years old at the time. With…
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