Legal Opinion
Scott Lee Tinsley v. George Million, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 22, 2005No. 02-5796PublishedCited by 133 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SUTTON, Circuit Judge.
Scott Lee Tinsley challenges the district court’s denial of his petition for habeas corpus relief following his conviction and 75-year sentence for the murder of Tammy Marie Brier. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the judgment in all respects but one — whether Tinsley’s counsel provided ineffective assistance at the penalty phase by failing to give an opening and closing argument — which we remand to the district court to consider in the first instance.
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On October 30, 1987, Brier was beaten and shot to death after a violent struggle in her home. Police found…
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