Legal Opinion
Wagner v. Smith
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 24, 2009No. 07-2129PublishedCited by 1,081 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KENNEDY, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner Sherman Wagner, a/k/a Billy Lynn Wagner, appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. In his various state and federal appeals relating to his 2002 state murder trial, Wagner has made numerous claims of violations that he claims warrant reversal of his conviction. Wagner’s certificate of appealability in this Court has been limited to the following claims: 1) prosecutorial misconduct based on the prosecutor’s reference to unrelated murder investigations of Petitioner; 2) prosecutorial misconduct based on the…
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