HILL v. SHOOP

Nos. 99-4317 14-3718.

11 F.4th 373 (2021)

Danny HILL, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Timothy SHOOP, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: August 20, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED EN BANC: Vicki Ruth Adams Werneke , FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellant. Benjamin M. Flowers , OFFICE OF THE OHIO ATTORNEY GENERAL, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellee. ON SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEF: Vicki Ruth Adams Werneke , Lori B. Riga , FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellant. Benjamin M. Flowers , Stephen E. Maher , Michael J. Hendershot , OFFICE OF THE OHIO ATTORNEY GENERAL, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellee. Sarah K. Campbell , OFFICE OF THE TENNESSEE ATTORNEY GENERAL, Nashville, Tennessee, Kevin J. Truitt , DISABILITY RIGHTS OHIO, Columbus, Ohio, for Amici Curiae.

GIBBONS, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which SUTTON, C.J., and GRIFFIN, KETHLEDGE, THAPAR, BUSH, LARSEN, NALBANDIAN, and READLER, JJ., joined. MOORE, J. (pp. 399-424), delivered a separate dissenting opinion, in which MERRITT, COLE, CLAY, WHITE, STRANCH, and DONALD, JJ., joined. An excerpt of the panel's 2018 opinion, see (6th Cir. 2018), is appended, (app. 424-37).


OPINION

In this death penalty habeas case, appellant Danny Hill seeks collateral review of his conviction for the murder of Raymond Fife, a twelve-year-old boy. The case has been to the Supreme Court once and before panels of this court twice. The core issue in the underlying state case was whether Hill...

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