SLAUGHTER v. PARKER

Nos. 01-6359, 01-6462.

450 F.3d 224 (2006)

James Earl SLAUGHTER, Petitioner-Appellee/Cross-Appellant, v. Phil PARKER, Warden, Respondent-Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: June 13, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: David A. Smith, Office of the Attorney General, Frankfort, Kentucky, for Appellant. Kathleen K. Schmidt, Pike & Schmidt, Sheperdsville, Kentucky, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Tami R.A. Stetler, Brian T. Judy, Office of the Attorney General, Frankfort, Kentucky, for Appellant. Kathleen K. Schmidt, Pike & Schmidt, Sheperdsville, Kentucky, Marguerite Neill Thomas, Department of Public Advocacy, Frankfort, Kentucky, Rodney McDaniel, Frankfort, Kentucky, for Appellee.

Before: BOGGS, Chief Judge; BATCHELDER and COLE, Circuit Judges.


BATCHELDER, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which BOGGS, C.J., joined. COLE, J. (pp. 242-253), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.

OPINION

ALICE M. BATCHELDER, Circuit Judge.

Respondent Phil Parker, a warden, appeals the district court's order granting James E. Slaughter, a.k.a. Jeffrey Leonard, a writ of habeas corpus on grounds of ineffective assistance of trial counsel. Slaughter, in turn, appeals the district court's denial of...

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