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HODGE v. HURLEY

No. 03-3166.

426 F.3d 368 (2005)

Demarkus HODGE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Pat HURLEY, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: October 12, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Theresa G. Haire, Public Defender's Office, Ohio Public Defender Commission, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellant. Mark Joseph Zemba, Office of the Attorney General of Ohio, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Siobhan R. Clovis, Public Defender's Office, Ohio Public Defender Commission, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellant. Mark Joseph Zemba, Office of the Attorney General of Ohio, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellee.

Before: SILER, MOORE, and COLE, Circuit Judges.

MOORE, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which COLE, J., joined.

SILER, J. (pp. 396-99), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.

OPINION

MOORE, Circuit Judge.

This is a child-rape case where the only evidence sufficient to sustain a conviction was a jury determination that the complaining witness was more credible than the defendant. During his egregiously improper closing argument, the prosecutor commented on the credibility of...

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