Legal Opinion
Storey v. Vasbinder
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 16, 2011No. 09-2301PublishedCited by 153 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKethledge, J., joined by Kennedy, J.,
CLAY, J. (pp. 380-93), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
*374OPINION
KETHLEDGE, Circuit Judge.
Mark Storey’s principal argument in his federal habeas petition is that he should get a new trial because his lawyer in his first trial was ineffective. It is common ground in this case that Storey’s trial lawyer did a poor job. But the Supreme Court has gone out of its way to make clear that, in order to obtain a new trial on ineffective-assistance grounds, the petitioner must do more than show that he had a bad lawyer- — even a really bad one. Instead, the petitioner must also show prejudice,…
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