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COUCH v. BOOKER

No. 09-2230.

632 F.3d 241 (2011)

Daniel Barry COUCH, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Raymond BOOKER, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: February 3, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Brian O. Neill , Office of the Michigan Attorney General, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellant. Carole M. Stanyar , Plymouth, Michigan, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Brian O. Neill , Office of the Michigan Attorney General, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellant. Carole M. Stanyar , Plymouth, Michigan, for Appellee.

Before: MOORE, SUTTON and FRIEDMAN, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

SUTTON, Circuit Judge.

A Michigan jury convicted Daniel Couch of second-degree murder, for which he is serving a 19-to-40 year sentence. The district court granted Couch's petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Because Couch's counsel rendered ineffective assistance by failing to investigate a causation defense, and because the state courts' contrary conclusion violated the standards of the Anti-Terrorism

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