Legal Opinion
Awkal v. Mitchell
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 23, 2010No. 01-4278PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GILMAN, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which BATCHELDER, C.J., BOGGS, GIBBONS, ROGERS, SUTTON, McKEAGUE, GRIFFIN, KETHLEDGE, and WHITE, JJ., joined, with WHITE, J. (p. 649), also delivering a separate concurring opinion. MARTIN, J. (pp. 649-658), delivered a separate dissenting opinion, in which MOORE, COLE, and CLAY, JJ., joined.
OPINION
RONALD LEE GILMAN, Circuit Judge.
Abdul Awkal was convicted by an Ohio jury on two counts of aggravated murder for the shooting deaths of his wife and brother-in-law in 1992. The jury recommended a sentence of death, and the trial court sentenced…
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