Legal Opinion

John Stojetz v. Todd Ishee

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided June 5, 2018No. 15-3116PublishedCited by 56 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BOGGS, Circuit Judge.

*183 On April 25, 1996, while incarcerated at Madison Correctional Institution, John C. Stojetz and five other inmates stormed a unit housing the State's juvenile offenders. State v. Stojetz , 84 Ohio St.3d 452 , 705 N.E.2d 329 , 333-34 (1999). After overpowering the guard, Stojetz and the others proceeded to the cell of 17-year-old Damico Watkins, with whom they had had prior altercations, and attacked him. Ibid. While Watkins escaped the initial assault, he was hunted throughout the multi-level complex, cornered, and stabbed to death by Stojetz and another inmate while he…

2Cases cited60 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  4. Harrington v. RichterSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
  5. Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991

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3Cited by56 opinions

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