Aaron Byrd v. Jan Trombley

JULIA SMITH GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.

The State of Michigan appeals the district court’s grant of the writ of habeas corpus to petitioner-appellee Aaron Thomas Byrd following his conviction and appeal in state court for criminal sexual conduct involving a victim under the age of thirteen. Finding that the state courts had unreasonably applied clearly established federal law defining ineffective assistance of counsel, the district court held that Byrd’s counsel provided ineffective assistance on three grounds: (1) failing to object to the introduction of, and introducing himself, Byrd’s prior…