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MORRIS v. CARPENTER

Nos. 11-6322, 11-6323.

802 F.3d 825 (2015)

Farris Genner MORRIS, Petitioner-Appellee/Cross-Appellant, v. Wayne CARPENTER, Warden, Respondent-Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: September 23, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Jennifer L. Smith , Office of the Tennessee Attorney General, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee. Jerome C. Del Pino , Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Middle District of Tennessee, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant. ON BRIEF: Andrew Hamilton Smith , Office of the Tennessee Attorney General, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee. Jerome C. Del Pino , Paul R. Bottei , Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Middle District of Tennessee, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

Before: BOGGS, SILER, and CLAY, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

Warden Wayne Carpenter ("Carpenter") appeals the district court's order granting Farris Genner Morris's ("Morris") petition for a writ of habeas corpus in part and vacating his death sentence on the basis of ineffective assistance of counsel at sentencing. Morris cross-appeals the district court's decision...

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