TABLE OF CONTENTS
A. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................601
B. STATE COURT PROCEDURAL HISTORY ..............................................................602
C. PETITIONER'S FEDERAL HABEAS CLAIMS ..........................................................607
D. ANALYSIS OF THE MERITS ......................................................................612
I. Claims Not Cognizable In Federal Habeas .................................................612
II. Analysis Of Procedurally Defaulted Claims ...............................................612
A. Legal Standard for Procedural Default ................................................612
B. Specific Procedurally Defaulted Claims ...............................................614
1. Judicial Bias ....................................................................614
2. Procedurally Defaulted Claims of Withholding of Evidence .........................618
3. Improper Jury Instructions .......................................................620
4. Caldwell Error ...................................................................622
5. Unconstitutionality of Death Penalty Statute .....................................628
6. Electrocution Violates the Eighth Amendment ......................................630
7. Prosecutorial Misconduct During Voir Dire ........................................630
8. Denial of the Right to Sit at Counsel Table ......................................631
9. Denial of the Right to Not be Viewed in Jail Garb ................................632
10. Unconstitutional Victim-Impact Evidence or Argument ..............................632
11. Ineffective Assistance of Counsel ................................................632
III. Analysis of Claims Considered on the Merits .............................................633
A. Legal Standard for Merits Review .....................................................633
B. Specific Claims for Substantive Review ...............................................634
1. Judicial Bias ....................................................................634
2. Evidentiary Rulings Deprived Petitioner of a Defense .............................638
3. Unconstitutional Aggravating Circumstance ........................................640
4. Unconstitutional Jury Instruction on Reasonable Doubt ............................644
5. Unconstitutional Jury Instruction on Malice ......................................646
6. Unconstitutional Use of Victim-Impact Evidence ...................................648
7. Unconstitutional Exclusion of Jurors Jarred and Todd .............................649
8. Prosecutorial Misconduct During Cross-Examination ................................653
9. Prosecutor's Improper Use of Victim-Impact Evidence ..............................654
10. Insufficient Evidence of Deliberation ............................................654
11. Insufficient Evidence of Premeditation ...........................................656
12. Improper Instructions on Deliberation and Premeditation ..........................657
13. Burden-Shifting Instructions on Mitigation .......................................658
14. Prosecutor's Misconduct During Voir Dire .........................................659
15. Ineffective Assistance of Counsel ................................................659
C. Legal Standard for Sixth Amendment Claims ...................................................659
D. Analysis of Specific Claims .................................................................660
1. Inadequate Preparation ...........................................................660
2. Failures to Make Objections to Victim-Impact Evidence ............................662
3. Failure to Object to Prosecution Arguments and Jury Instructions .................662
4. Failure to Seek Trial Judge's Recusal for Bias ...................................662
5. Inadequate Cross-Examination of Expert Witnesses .................................663
6. Inadequate Presentation of Mitigating Evidence ...................................663
7. Inadequate Closing Argument ......................................................664
8. Failure to Raise Insufficient Evidence ...........................................664
9. Failure to Challenge Constitutionality of Tennessee Death Penalty
Statute .........................................................................664
10. Failure to File a Petition for Rehearing on Direct Appeal ........................665
E. APPEAL ISSUES ...............................................................................666
I. Certificate of Appealability ............................................................666
II. In Forma Pauperis Appeal ................................................................667
III. Vacation of Stay of Execution ...........................................................667
TABLE OF AUTHORITIES
FEDERAL CASES
Adams v. Jago, 703 F.2d 978, 981 (6th Cir.1983) ................................................125
Adams v. Texas, 448 U.S. 38, 45, 100 S.Ct. 2521, 65 L.Ed.2d 581 (1980) .........................103
Amos v. Scott, 61 F.3d 333, 340-41 (5th Cir.1995) ........................................53-55, 59
Anderson v. Harless, 459 U.S. 4, 6, 103 S.Ct. 276, 74 L.Ed.2d 3 (1982) ..........................25
Austin v. Bell, 126 F.3d 843, 847 (6th Cir.1997) .............................................94-96
Barefoot v. Estelle, 463 U.S. 880, 893, 103 S.Ct. 3383, 77 L.Ed.2d 1090
(1983) .......................................................................................141
Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 89, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69
(1986) ........................................................................................54
Berger v. United States, 255 U.S. 22, 31, 41 S.Ct. 230, 65 L.Ed. 481
(1921) ................................................................................... 73, 74
Blanton v. Elo, 186 F.3d 712 (6th Cir.1999) ................................................ 69, 81
Booth v. Maryland, 482 U.S. 496, 107 S.Ct. 2529, 96 L.Ed.2d 440 (1987) .........................101
Boyde v. California, 494 U.S. 370, 376, 110 S.Ct. 1190, 108 L.Ed.2d 316
(1990) .......................................................................................124
Boysiewick v. Schriro, 179 F.3d 616, 621 (8th Cir.1999) .........................................76
Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 83 S.Ct. 1194, 10 L.Ed.2d 215 (1963) ....................... 38, 39
Brecht v. Abrahamson, 507 U.S. 619, 637, 113 S.Ct. 1710, 123 L.Ed.2d
353 (1993) ........................................................................ 102, 111, 112
Cage v. Louisiana, 498 U.S. 39, 111 S.Ct. 328, 112 L.Ed.2d 339 (1991) ...........................93
Caldwell v. Mississippi, 472 U.S. 320, 328-29, 105 S.Ct. 2633, 86
L.Ed.2d 231 (1985) ............................................................................45
Caldwell v. State, 1994 WL 716266 (Tenn.Crim.App. Dec.28, 1994) .................................51
Campbell v. State, 1993 WL 122057 (Tenn.Crim.App. Apr.21, 1993) .................................51
Cardwell v. Greene, 152 F.3d 331, 339 (4th Cir.1998) ............................................69
Carpenter v. Mohr, 163 F.3d 938, 944-45 (6th Cir.1998) ................................. 48, 60, 74
Cartwright v. Maynard, 822 F.2d 1477, 1485 (10th Cir.1987) ..................................86, 88
Chapman v. California, 386 U.S. 18, 24, 87 S.Ct. 824, 17 L.Ed.2d 705
(1967) ...................................................................................111-113
Coe v. Bell, 161 F.3d 320, 330 (6th Cir.1998) .................................. 48, 50, 56, 96, 99
Coleman v. Thompson, 501 U.S. 722, 752, 111 S.Ct. 2546, 115 L.Ed.2d
640 (1991) ...............................................................23, 25, 26, 37, 53, 59
61, 65, 67, 103, 138
Crane v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 683, 690, 106 S.Ct. 2142, 90 L.Ed.2d 636
(1986) ........................................................................................80
Crane v. Sparkman, No. 97-5321, 1998 WL 598725 at * 6 (6th Cir
Aug.27, 1998)..................................................................................76
Dorman v. Wainwright, 798 F.2d 1358, 1363 (11th Cir.1986) .......................................64
Dugger v. Adams, 489 U.S. 401, 109 S.Ct. 1211, 103 L.Ed.2d 435 (1989) ...........................52
Duncan v. Henry, 513 U.S. 364, 366, 115 S.Ct. 887, 130 L.Ed.2d 865
(1995)
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