BATCHELDER, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which BOGGS, C.J., joined. COLE, J. (pp. 242 - 253), delivered a separate dissenting opinion. OPINION ALICE M. BATCHELDER, Circuit Judge. Respondent Phil Parker, a warden, appeals the district court’s order granting James E. Slaughter, a.k.a. Jeffrey Leonard, a writ of habeas corpus on grounds of ineffective assistance of trial cou…
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