Legal Opinion
Leo Abby v. Carol Howe
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided January 30, 2014No. 12-1437PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DOW, District Judge.
A Michigan jury found Leo Abby guilty of second-degree murder. Abby’s conviction was affirmed on appeal. Abby then filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in federal court, arguing that he was deprived of his Sixth Amendment right to counsel of choice and that counsel who tried his case was ineffective. The district court denied the petition. We affirm.
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