Legal Opinion
Cleveland v. Bradshaw
District Court, N.D. Ohio
Decided December 12, 2014No. Case No. 1:10 CV 148PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER DENYING PETITION
JACK ZOUHARY, District Judge.
Introduction
This habeas action has a lengthy history. At the center of this case is the sad but all-too-common thread of drug addiction and drug-trafficking violence. In 1996, a jury convicted Petitioner Alfred Cleveland of aggravated murder for the 1991 slaying of Marsha Blakely. Three other individuals also were convicted of Blakely’s murder— Benson Davis, Lenworth Edwards, and John Edwards. It is undisputed that Cleveland and these others convicted of Blakely’s murder were trafficking drugs from Jamaica-Queens, New…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Harrington v. RichterSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
- Schlup v. DeloSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by3 opinions
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