Bledsoe v. Bruce

BRISCOE, Circuit Judge.

Louis Bruce, Warden, Hutchinson Correctional Facility, and Stephen Six, Kansas Attorney General (collectively, the “state”) appeal the district court’s grant of habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The district court concluded the petitioner, Floyd Bledsoe (Floyd), was denied his constitutional right to the effective assistance of counsel. Floyd had been previously convicted by a jury of first degree murder, aggravated kidnapping, and aggravated indecent liberties with a child. The Kansas state courts had affirmed his convictions and had denied state post-conviction…