STUMPF v. MITCHELL

No. 01-3613.

367 F.3d 594 (2004)

John David STUMPF, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Betty MITCHELL, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: April 28, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan M. Freedman (argued and briefed), Carol Heiss (briefed), Midwest Center for Justice, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Michael L. Collyer, Office of the Attorney General, Cleveland, OH, Carol Ann Ellensohn (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Health & Human Services Section, Stephen E. Maher (briefed), Attorney General's Office of Ohio Capital Crimes Section Columbus, OH, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before: BOGGS, Chief Judge; and DAUGHTREY and MOORE, Circuit Judges.


DAUGHTREY, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which MOORE, J., joined. BOGGS, C.J. (pp. 618-623), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.

OPINION

DAUGHTREY, Circuit Judge.

The petitioner, John David Stumpf, is a state prisoner incarcerated on Ohio's death row. He appeals the district court's dismissal of his habeas corpus petition, filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, in which he challenged his 1984 guilty plea and death sentence for...

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