Groseclose v. Bell, No. 95-6262 (6th Cir.) (130 F.3d 1161) (December 2, 1997) (Judge James L. Ryan)
Loaded on Jan. 1, 1998
published in Punch and Jurists
January 19, 1998
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Strickland Standard.
The petitioner in this case was convicted of a murder that took place more than 20 years ago, in 1977. He was convicted and sentenced to death - and now, after all that time, the Sixth Circuit vacated his conviction on the grounds that he was denied his Sixth …
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