IN RE HILL

No. 20-3863.

81 F.4th 560 (2023)

IN RE: Danny HILL, Movant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: August 25, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED EN BANC: Sharon A. Hicks , OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER, Cleveland, Ohio, for Movant. Benjamin M. Flowers , OFFICE OF THE OHIO ATTORNEY GENERAL, Columbus, Ohio, for Respondent. ON SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEF: Sharon A. Hicks , Matthew Gay , Calland M. Ferraro , OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER, Cleveland, Ohio, for Movant. Benjamin M. Flowers , Zachery P. Keller , OFFICE OF THE OHIO ATTORNEY GENERAL, Columbus, Ohio, for Respondent. ON AMICUS BRIEF: Matthew F. Kuhn , OFFICE OF THE KENTUCKY ATTORNEY GENERAL, Frankfort, Kentucky, Tyler R. Green , Tiffany H. Bates , ANTONIN SCALIA LAW SCHOOL, Arlington, Virginia, for Amici Curiae.

NALBANDIAN, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which SUTTON, C.J., and GIBBONS, GRIFFIN, KETHLEDGE, THAPAR, BUSH, LARSEN, READLER, DAVIS and MATHIS, JJ., joined. THAPAR, J. (pp. 573-76), delivered a separate concurring opinion in which SUTTON, C.J., and GRIFFIN, KETHLEDGE and READLER, JJ., joined. CLAY, J. (pp. 576-83), delivered a separate dissenting opinion in which MOORE and STRANCH, JJ., joined.


OPINION

In 1986, Danny Hill was convicted of murder and sentenced to death in Ohio state court. For 37 years, he's been challenging his conviction and sentence. The Supreme Court vacated the decision of a panel of this Court to grant federal habeas relief....

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