EDMONDS v. SMITH

No. 17-5982.

922 F.3d 737 (2019)

Derek Rene EDMONDS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Aaron SMITH, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: April 26, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Alex Potapov , JONES DAY, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Thomas A. Van De Rostyne , OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF KENTUCKY, Frankfort, Kentucky, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Alex Potapov , JONES DAY, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Thomas A. Van De Rostyne , OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF KENTUCKY, Frankfort, Kentucky, for Appellee.

Before: BATCHELDER, ROGERS, and THAPAR, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

Derek Edmonds and Tyreese Hall were together tried and convicted in state court of brutally beating and sodomizing a homeless man to death. After their joint state appeals were rejected, Hall brought a federal habeas action under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging...

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