U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Yaqob Thomas v. Joseph Meko
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- Type
- Opinion
- Author
- Raymond M. Kethledge
- Filed
- Feb. 14, 2019
- Case
- Yaqob Thomas v. Joseph Meko
- Case status
- Decided
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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…
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