DRUMMOND v. HOUK

Nos. 11-3024, 11-3039.

728 F.3d 520 (2013)

John DRUMMOND, Petitioner-Appellee/Cross-Appellant, v. Marc HOUK, Warden, Respondent-Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: August 26, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Charles L. Wille , Office of the Ohio Attorney General, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee. Alan C. Rossman , Federal Public Defender's Office, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant. ON BRIEF: Justin Morgan Lovett , Brenda S. Leikala , Office of the Ohio Attorney General, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee. Alan C. Rossman , Federal Public Defender's Office, Cleveland, Ohio, David L. Doughten , Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

COLE, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which GRIFFIN, J., joined. KETHLEDGE, J. (pp. 19-21), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.


OPINION

COLE, Circuit Judge.

John Drummond was convicted of the aggravated murder of Jiyen Dent, Jr. and sentenced to death. He unsuccessfully pursued post-conviction state habeas proceedings and subsequently filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in federal district court. The district court conditionally granted the writ in part, holding that the state trial court violated his Sixth Amendment right to a public trial and that the Supreme Court of...

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