Legal Opinion
Scott v. Anderson
District Court, N.D. Ohio
Decided March 7, 1997No. 1:95-cv-02037PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM & ORDER
O’MALLEY, District Judge.
INTRODUCTION
On February 2, 1996, petitioner Jay D. Scott (“Scott”) filed his Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2254, challenging the constitutional sufficiency of his death sentence, imposed by the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas. 1 Respondent Carl S. Anderson (“Respondent”) filed his return of Writ on April 4, 1996.
About three months after Scott filed his petition, on April 24, 1996, President Clinton signed into law Title I of the “Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996,” Pub.L. 104-132, 110 Stat.…
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