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WHEELER v. SIMPSON

No. 11-5707.

779 F.3d 366 (2015)

Roger L. WHEELER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Thomas L. SIMPSON, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: February 20, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Joseph T. Flood , Sheldon, Flood & Haywood, PLC, Fairfax, Virginia, for Appellant. David W. Barr , Office of the Kentucky Attorney General, Frankfort, Kentucky, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Joseph T. Flood , Sheldon, Flood & Haywood, PLC, Fairfax, Virginia, David M. Barron , Kentucky Department of Public Advocacy, Frankfort, Kentucky, for Appellant. David W. Barr , Office of the Kentucky Attorney General, Frankfort, Kentucky, for Appellee.

MERRITT, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which WHITE, J., joined. GRIFFIN, J. (pp. 16-45), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.

OPINION

This death penalty case from the Kentucky courts arises from the brutal murder of two victims in October of 1997. For reasons explained below, we conclude that a writ of habeas corpus must be issued as to the death sentence because the Kentucky trial court erroneously struck from the jury a Mr. Kovatch,...

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