Legal Opinion
Morales v. Mitchell
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided November 2, 2007No. 00-3649, 00-3787PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J., joined by Clay, J.,
SUHRHEINRICH, J. (pp. 942-52), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
OPINION
KAREN NELSON MOORE, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner-Appellee/Cross-Appellant Alfred Morales (“Morales”) was convicted of kidnapping and aggravated murder in an Ohio state court and sentenced to death. He petitioned the district court for a writ of habeas corpus, arguing, inter alia, that his trial counsel was constitutionally ineffective and that the trial court erroneously struck a potential juror from the panel. The district court granted the petition, in part, vacating Morales’s death sentence on the ground that his…
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- Wainwright v. WittSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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