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FITZPATRICK v. ROBINSON

No. 09-4515.

723 F.3d 624 (2013)

Stanley FITZPATRICK, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Norm ROBINSON, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: July 19, 2013.

Rehearing Denied August 21, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Mark A. Vander Laan , Dinsmore & Shohl LLP, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellant. David M. Henry , Office of the Ohio Attorney General, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Mark A. Vander Laan , Dinsmore & Shohl LLP, Cincinnati, Ohio, James Schuster , Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellant. Stephen E. Maher , Office of the Ohio Attorney General, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellee.

Before: CLAY, McKEAGUE, and KETHLEDGE, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

CLAY, Circuit Judge.

In June 2001, Petitioner Stanley Fitzpatrick murdered three people, including his girlfriend and his girlfriend's twelve-year old daughter. During the opening stages of his capital trial in Hamilton County, Ohio, Petitioner demanded that he be allowed to plead guilty to the charges. After inquiries into his mental state were made, a state court accepted his plea, and shortly thereafter, a three-judge panel sentenced him to death...

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