1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.3d
  4. 687 F.3d
  5. 687 F.3d 723 (2012)
 

JACKSON v. HOUK

No. 08-3677.

687 F.3d 723 (2012)

Cleveland R. JACKSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Marc C. HOUK, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: July 24, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: James A. Jenkins , Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellant. Thomas E. Madden , Office of the Ohio Attorney General, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: James A. Jenkins , John B. Gibbons , Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellant. Thomas E. Madden , Stephen E. Maher , Office of the Ohio Attorney General, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellee.

Before: MERRITT, MARTIN, and ROGERS, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

MERRITT, Circuit Judge.

Cleveland R. Jackson was convicted by an Ohio jury of two murders committed in 2002. The court sentenced him to two separate death sentences, one for each murder. The Supreme Court of Ohio on direct appeal reversed and vacated the death sentence for one of the murders based on the trial judge's errors in limiting the voir dire, but it affirmed the other death sentence. Jackson later filed a federal habeas corpus petition...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases