LaMAR v. HOUK

Nos. 11-3131, 11-3153.

798 F.3d 405 (2015)

Keith LaMAR, Petitioner-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. Marc C. HOUK, Warden, Respondent-Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: August 18, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: David L. Doughten , Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee. Stephen E. Maher , office of the Ohio Attorney General, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant. ON BRIEF: David L. Doughten , Cleveland, Ohio, Kathleen McGarry , McGarry Law Office, Glorieta, New Mexico, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee. Stephen E. Maher , Office of the Ohio Attorney General, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant. James L. Hardiman , American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio Foundation, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio, Staughton Lynd , American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio Foundation, Inc., Niles, Ohio, for Amicus Curiae.

Before: CLAY, ROGERS, and KETHLEDGE, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

Keith LaMar appeals a district court judgment denying his habeas corpus petition. LaMar was convicted of murdering five fellow inmates during a prison riot in Ohio; he received death sentences for four of the killings and a life sentence for the fifth. On appeal, LaMar argues that the State withheld favorable...

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