WEBB v. MITCHELL

No. 06-4606.

586 F.3d 383 (2009)

Michael D. WEBB, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Betty MITCHELL, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: November 5, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Keith A. Yeazel, Law Office, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellant. Charles L. Wille, Office of the Ohio Attorney General, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Keith A. Yeazel, Law Office, Columbus, Ohio, James D. Owen, The Owen Law Firm, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellant. Robert E. Prather, Office of the Ohio Attorney General, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellee.

Before: ROGERS, SUTTON and GRIFFIN, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

SUTTON, Circuit Judge.

A jury convicted Michael D. Webb of the aggravated murder of his son, Michael ("Mikey") Patrick Webb, and at the jury's recommendation a state trial court sentenced him to death. The Ohio courts affirmed his convictions and sentence on direct review and denied postconviction relief. Webb sought a writ of habeas corpus, which the district court denied. We affirm.

I.

Webb lived in a modest home in Goshen, Ohio...

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