U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Ahmad Issa v. Margaret Bradshaw
Panel
The judges who heard this appeal.
- Senior Judge Ransey Guy Cole Jr.
- Judge Gilbert Stroud Merritt Jr.
- Judge Moore — not matched to a Benchlight profile
Case history
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Sept. 21, 2018decided Decision issued in Ahmad Issa v. Margaret Bradshaw
Opinions and writings
RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION Pursuant to Sixth Circuit I.O.P. 32.1(b) File Name: 18a0212p.06 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT AHMAD FAWZI ISSA, ┐ Petitioner-Appellant, │ │…
KAREN NELSON MOORE, Circuit Judge. Ahmad Issa ("Issa"), sometimes known as Mike, petitioned the district court for a writ of habeas corpus. The district court denied all of Issa's grounds for relief, but it granted a certificate of appealability for Issa's first, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, ninth, eleventh, twelfth, twenty-seventh, pending twenty-eighth, pending twenty-ninth, and proposed twenty-eighth through thirt…
MERRITT, Circuit Judge, concurring. I agree and concur in Judge Moore's opinion that the admission of the hearsay testimony of Joshua and Bonnie Willis violated the Confrontation Clause, but the failure to call Linda Khriss as a witness also constituted ineffective assistance of counsel. Issa was charged with aggravated murder with prior calculation and design and a death specification of murder for hire. Is…