Sneed v. Johnson

OPINION

ALICE M. BATCHELDER, Chief Judge.

Ohio death-row inmate David Sneed appeals the district court’s judgment denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We affirm.

I

Chevette Brown was a 19-year-old prostitute in Canton, Ohio, and David Sneed was her pimp. Herbert Rowan had come to town from Chicago and was driving around in the wee hours of the morning, after the bars had closed. At Sneed’s prompting, Brown stopped Rowan and eventually asked him if he would give her and Sneed a ride home. Rowan agreed, and the two got into his car, with Brown in the front seat and Sneed in the back,…