Joseph D. Murphy v. State of Ohio

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Petitioner-appellant Joseph D. Murphy, an Ohio death row inmate, has filed an application for a certificate of appealability (“COA”) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2253, seeking permission to appeal from the district court’s decision denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. In its order denying Murphy habeas relief, the district court also denied Murphy a COA and certified that an appeal could not be taken in good faith. For the reasons that follow, we VACATE the district court’s denial of a COA and REMAND the case for reconsideration of each claim raised by Murphy in…