Legal Opinion
James Earl Slaughter, Petitioner-Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Phil Parker, Warden, Respondent-Appellant/cross-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 13, 2006No. 01-6359, 01-6462PublishedCited by 136 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBatchelder, J., joined by Boggs, C.J.,
COLE, J. (pp. 242 - 253), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
OPINION
ALICE M. BATCHELDER, Circuit Judge.
Respondent Phil Parker, a warden, appeals the district court’s order granting James E. Slaughter, a.k.a. Jeffrey Leonard, a writ of habeas corpus on grounds of ineffective assistance of trial counsel. Slaughter, in turn, appeals the district court’s denial of habeas relief on all other grounds asserted by Slaughter. For reasons explained below, we REVERSE the district court’s grant of relief on the basis of ineffective assistance of counsel and we AFFIRM the district court’s denial of…
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3Cited by136 opinions
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