JOSEPH v. COYLE

Nos. 05-3111, 05-3113.

469 F.3d 441 (2006)

Richard JOSEPH, Petitioner-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. Ralph COYLE, Warden, Respondent-Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: November 9, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Edmund W. Searby, Scott & Scott, Chagrin Falls, Ohio, for Appellant. Charles L. Wille, Attorney General's Office of Ohio, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Edmund W. Searby, Jennifer I. Cupar, Scott & Scott, Chagrin Falls, Ohio, for Appellant. Charles L. Wille, Attorney General's Office of Ohio, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellee.

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


OPINION

KAREN NELSON MOORE, Circuit Judge.

An Ohio jury convicted Richard Joseph of aggravated murder. The jury also convicted Joseph of a single capital specification, which made him eligible for the death penalty, and, after a mitigation hearing, recommended a sentence of death. The trial court accepted this recommendation and imposed the death penalty, which was upheld on direct and state post-conviction review. Asserting twenty grounds for relief, Joseph...

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