Legal Opinion
Charles L. Lorraine v. Ralph Coyle, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 23, 2002No. 01-3464PublishedCited by 239 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SUHRHEINRICH, Circuit Judge.
Finding the petitioner’s claims of prose-cutorial misconduct and ineffective assistance of counsel meritorious, the district court conditionally granted a writ of habe-as corpus to Petitioner Charles L. Lorraine. Respondent Ralph Coyle appeals. Por the reasons set forth below, we REVERSE.
I. Background
A. Facts
On the evening of May 6, 1986, Petitioner went to the home of Doris and Raymond Montgomery, age 80 and 77, respectively. The Montgomerys had in the past hired Petitioner to do jobs around the house. Petitioner lured Raymond upstairs. Petitioner stabbed…
2Cases cited61 opinions
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