Phillips v. Bradshaw
Decision Date | 01 June 2010 |
Docket Number | No. 06-4418.,06-4418. |
Citation | 607 F.3d 199 |
Parties | Ronald PHILLIPS, Petitioner-Appellant,v.Margaret BRADSHAW, Warden, Respondent-Appellee. |
Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — Sixth Circuit |
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ARGUED: Timothy F. Sweeney, Law Office of Timothy Farrell Sweeney, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellant. Adam Michael Van Ho, Office of The Ohio Attorney General, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Timothy F. Sweeney, Law Office of Timothy Farrell Sweeney, Cleveland, Ohio, Ruth L. Tkacz, Ohio Public Defender's Office, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellant. Sarah A. Hadacek, Office of The Ohio Attorney General, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellee.
Before: SILER, COLE, and McKEAGUE, Circuit Judges.
SILER, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which McKEAGUE, J., joined. COLE, J. (pp. 224-33), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
Ronald Phillips was convicted of rape and aggravated murder of Sheila Marie Evans and sentenced to death. The Ohio courts upheld his conviction and sentence on direct review and in post-conviction proceedings. The federal district court denied his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. For the following reasons, we AFFIRM the district court's denial of Phillips's petition.
On direct appeal, the Ohio Supreme Court recited these facts:
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