Legal Opinion
Reginald Brooks v. David Bobby
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided November 9, 2011No. 11-4142PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
Reginald Brooks murdered his three sons as they lay sleeping in their Cleveland home on the morning of March 6, 1982, two days after his wife served him with divorce papers. An Ohio court sentenced Brooks to death for the crimes. After unsuccessfully challenging his conviction and sentence on direct appeal and collateral review in state court, Brooks filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. See 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The district court denied Brooks’ petition, and we affirmed. Brooks v. Bagley, 513 F.3d 618, 632 (6th Cir.2008). On March 1, 2011, the State of Ohio scheduled Brooks’…
3Cases cited14 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Pennsylvania v. FinleySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Gonzalez v. CrosbySupreme Court of the United States · 2005
- Smith v. MurraySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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4Cited by23 opinions
- Arthur Tyler v. Carl AndersonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2014
- Anderson v. WinnDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 2023
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- Brooks v. BobbySupreme Court of the United States · 2011
- Brown v. WoodsDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 2019
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