CLARK v. WALLER

No. 04-6373.

490 F.3d 551 (2007)

Johnny O. CLARK, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Robert WALLER, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: June 25, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: C. Mark Pickrell, Waller, Lansden, Dortch & Davis, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellant. John H. Bledsoe, Office of the Attorney General, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: C. Mark Pickrell, Waller, Lansden, Dortch & Davis, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellant. John H. Bledsoe, Office of the Attorney General, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellee.

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


OPINION

BOGGS, Chief Judge.

Johnny O. Clark appeals the district court's summary dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Clark was convicted of first-degree murder and, after exhausting his state post-conviction and appellate remedies, petitioned the district court under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, contending that his conviction was based on insufficient evidence, that his trial counsel was constitutionally ineffective, and that his post-conviction...

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