Legal Opinion
David Miller v. Roland Colson
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 13, 2012No. 09-6171PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGibbons, J., joined by Siler, J.,
WHITE, J. (pp. 701-05), delivered a separate opinion dissenting from sections IV and V of the majority opinion.
OPINION
JULIA SMITH GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.
David Miller appeals the district court’s dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Miller was convicted of first-degree murder in 1982 and sentenced to death, a sentence that was upheld by the Tennessee Supreme Court. He now claims that the state improperly denied him assistance from an independent medical expert, in violation of his clearly established constitutional right under Ake v. Oklahoma, 470 U.S.…
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