Legal Opinion
Bray v. Andrews
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 26, 2011No. 09-4151PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
THAPAR, District Judge.
An Ohio jury found Sabrina Bray guilty of complicity in a drug-related murder, and the trial court sentenced her to eighteen years to life in prison. Bray appealed, claiming that she received ineffective assistance of counsel during plea negotiations. The Ohio Court of Appeals rejected this claim because, based on the evidence in the record before it, Bray had not established that her lawyer’s deficient performance caused her prejudice. Because this determination was neither “contrary to” nor “an unreasonable application of [] clearly established federal law,” 28…
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