LANG v. BOBBY

No. 15-3440.

889 F.3d 803 (2018)

Edward LANG, Petitioner-Appellant, v. David BOBBY, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: May 11, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Michael J. Benza , THE LAW OFFICE OF MICHAEL J. BENZA, INC., Chagrin Falls, Ohio, for Appellant. Brenda S. Leikala , OFFICE OF THE OHIO ATTORNEY GENERAL, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Michael J. Benza , THE LAW OFFICE OF MICHAEL J. BENZA, INC., Chagrin Falls, Ohio, Laurence E. Komp , Manchester, Missouri, Karl Schwartz , LAW OFFICE OF KARL SCHWARTZ, Elkins, Pennsylvania, for Appellant. Brenda S. Leikala , OFFICE OF THE OHIO ATTORNEY GENERAL, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellee.

SILER, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which GIBBONS, J., joined. MOORE, J. (pp. 816-27), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.


OPINION

Edward Lang, an Ohio prisoner under a death sentence, appeals from the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The district court granted Lang a Certificate of Appealability (COA) on his first and second grounds for relief, and we granted an expansion...

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