U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Yaqob Thomas v. Joseph Meko
Panel
The judges who heard this appeal.
- Senior Judge Ransey Guy Cole Jr.
- Judge Richard Allen Griffin
- Judge Raymond M. Kethledge
Case history
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Feb. 14, 2019decided Decision issued in Yaqob Thomas v. Joseph Meko
Opinions and writings
KETHLEDGE, Circuit Judge. Yaqob Thomas was convicted of murder in Kentucky state court. He now seeks federal habeas relief, arguing that the Kentucky definition of murder violates due process because it prescribes two mental states-intent to kill and extreme indifference to human life-as alternative means for the mens rea element of that offense. The district court rejected that argumen…