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Sharon May Rockwell v. Joan Yukins

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided August 27, 2003No. 00-1992PublishedCited by 86 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtDavid A. Nelson, J.

MARTIN, JR., C.J., BOGGS, BATCHELDER, GILMAN, GIBBONS, and ROGERS, JJ., joined. CLAY, J. (pp. 514-523), delivered a separate dissenting opinion, in which DAUGHTREY, MOORE, and COLE, JJ., joined.

OPINION

DAVID A. NELSON, Circuit Judge.

The petitioner in this habeas corpus action, Sharon Rockwell, was convicted at trial in a state court of conspiring with her sons to murder the boys’ father, her husband. A federal writ of habeas corpus was subsequently granted on the ground that her Sixth Amendment right to present a complete defense precluded the state trial court from barring evidence that Mr.…

2Cases cited10 opinions

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  2. Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  3. Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  4. Lindh v. MurphySupreme Court of the United States · 1997
  5. Crane v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986

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3Cited by86 opinions

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  3. United States v. VasilakosCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2007
  4. McPhail v. RenicoDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 2006
  5. Mitchell v. VasbinderDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 2009

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