Legal Opinion
Cowans v. Bagley
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 21, 2011No. 08-4393PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSutton, J., joined by Merritt and McKEAGUE, Jj„
MERRITT, J. (p. 253), delivered a separate concurring opinion.
OPINION
SUTTON, Circuit Judge.
An Ohio jury convicted Jesse Cowans of the murder of Clara Swart, and the court (consistent with the jury’s recommendation) sentenced him to death. The Ohio courts upheld his conviction and sentence on direct and collateral review. Cowans filed a federal habeas petition, which the *245district court denied. Because federal courts in habeas proceedings must defer to the state courts’ reasonable adjudications of federal constitutional claims and because the state courts’ resolution of Cowans’ claims meets…
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