WILLIAMS v. BAGLEY

No. 02-3461.

380 F.3d 932 (2004)

Willie WILLIAMS, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. Margaret BAGLEY, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed August 13, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. Gibbons (argued and briefed), Cleveland, OH, John F. McCaffrey (briefed), McLaughlin & McCaffrey, Cleveland, OH, for Appellant.

Carol Ann Ellensohn (argued and briefed), Michael L. Collyer (briefed), Attorney General's Office of Ohio, Cleveland, OH, for Appellee.

Before MERRITT, ROGERS, and SUTTON, Circuit Judges.


ROGERS, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which SUTTON, J., joined. MERRITT, J. (pp. 977-81), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.

ROGERS, Circuit Judge.

An Ohio jury convicted the petitioner, William J. Williams, Jr., of four counts of aggravated murder, and, on the jury's recommendation, the trial court sentenced Williams to death. After unsuccessfully challenging his convictions and sentence on direct appeal and in state post-conviction proceedings...

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