Legal Opinion
Cooey v. Strickland
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided November 25, 2009No. 09-4300PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
2Per curiam
The State of Ohio set an execution date of December 8, 2009, for Kenneth Biros. On October 19, 2009, the district court stayed the execution based on preexisting litigation related to challenges to Ohio’s method of execution, including challenges stemming from the State’s use of a three-drug protocol and its difficulty accessing usable veins in prior executions.
On November 13, 2009, Ohio changed its execution protocol, effective November 30, 2009. The State replaced its three-drug protocol with a one-drug protocol (which involves an intravenous injection of five grams of thiopental…
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4Cited by24 opinions
- Fears v. MorganCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2017
- Cooey v. StricklandCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2009
- In re Ohio Execution Protocol LitigationDistrict Court, S.D. Ohio · 2017
- Ringo v. LombardiCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2012
- Brown v. VailWashington Supreme Court · 2010
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