HARRISON v. MOTLEY

No. 04-6157.

478 F.3d 750 (2007)

James Nick HARRISON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. John MOTLEY, Warden, Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: February 23, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Salim A. Kafiti, Jones Day, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellant. Susan Roncarti Lenz, Office of the Attorney General, Frankfort, Kentucky, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Eric C. Chaffee, Jones Day, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellant. Susan Roncarti Lenz, Office of the Attorney General, Frankfort, Kentucky, for Appellee.

Before: BATCHELDER and GRIFFIN, Circuit Judges; PHILLIPS, District Judge.


OPINION

GRIFFIN, Circuit Judge.

Appellant James Harrison, a Kentucky state prisoner convicted of Murder With Aggravating Circumstances, appeals a district court judgment dismissing his petition for habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Harrison was represented by two attorneys at his criminal trial, and argues that he received ineffective assistance of counsel at trial due to conflicts that arose between his attorneys, due to his attorneys...

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