Legal Opinion
Salts v. Epps
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 29, 2012No. 10-60201PublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:
Respondents Christopher Epps, Commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Corrections, and Jim Hood, Mississippi Attorney General, (collectively, “the State”) appeal from the district court’s grant of Michael and Marie Saltses’ petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The Saltses petitioned for habeas relief because, inter alia, the Mississippi Court of Appeals denied their Sixth Amendment claim for ineffective assistance of counsel. Because the Mississippi court’s decision was contrary to clearly established law, we AFFIRM the district court’s grant of habeas relief…
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