Legal Opinion
John W. Byrd, Jr. v. Terry L. Collins, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 6, 2000No. 96-3209PublishedCited by 521 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSuhrhe Inrich, J., joined by Batchelder, J.,
NATHANIEL R. JONES, J. (pp. 542-52), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
OPINION
SUHRHEINRICH, Circuit Judge.
In August 1983, the Court of Common Pleas in Hamilton County, Ohio, sentenced Petitioner, John W. Byrd, Jr., to death for the aggravated murder of Monte Tewks-bury. The Ohio state courts repeatedly rejected Petitioner’s claims for relief. In March 1994, only days before his scheduled execution, Petitioner filed his first petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio denied the petition. We now AFFIRM that…
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3Cited by521 opinions
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