Legal Opinion
George T. Franklin, Petitioner-Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Carl S. Anderson, Warden, Respondent-Appellant/cross-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided January 9, 2006No. 03-3636, 03-3697PublishedCited by 94 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBoggs, C. J., joined by Clay, J.,
BATCHELDER, J. (pp. 431-32), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
BOGGS, Chief Judge.
In December 1988, George Franklin was found guilty of two counts of aggravated burglary and one count of aggravated murder and was sentenced to death. He began a long process of appeals, with each state court affirming his convictions or dismissing his claims as res judicata. On petition for habeas corpus to the Southern District of Ohio, however, Franklin was found to have two viable claims: service of a biased juror and ineffective assistance of appellate counsel, neither of which the court found to be…
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