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TAYLOR v. SIMPSON

No. 14-6508.

972 F.3d 776 (2020)

Victor Dewayne TAYLOR, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Thomas SIMPSON, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: August 25, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Dennis J. Burke , DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC ADVOCACY, La Grange, Kentucky, for Appellant. Matthew R. Krygiel , OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF KENTUCKY, Frankfort, Kentucky, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Dennis J. Burke , DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC ADVOCACY, La Grange, Kentucky, Thomas M. Ransdell , Frankfort, Kentucky, for Appellant. Matthew R. Krygiel , OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF KENTUCKY, Frankfort, Kentucky, for Appellee.

BATCHELDER, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which COOK, J., joined, and GRIFFIN, J., joined Section II.C. GRIFFIN, J. (pp. 798-809), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.

OPINION

A Kentucky prisoner, sentenced to death, appeals the denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We AFFIRM.

I.

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