Legal Opinion
Ronald Dean Combs v. Ralph Coyle
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 23, 2000No. 97-4369PublishedCited by 330 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J., joined by Daughtrey, J.,
ALAN E. NORRIS, J. (p. 293), delivered a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part and joined in the judgment.
OPINION
MOORE, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner-appellant Ronald Dean Combs was convicted by an Ohio jury of two counts of aggravated murder as well as a specification of an aggravating circumstance as to each count,, and he was sentenced to death. Combs now appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. His brief sets forth twenty-nine claims, including various claims of ineffective assistance of counsel, prosecutorial misconduct, trial court…
2Cases cited61 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Estelle v. McGuireSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Kyles v. WhitleySupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by330 opinions
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- Cargle v. MullinCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2003
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