Jeffrey D. Hill v. Betty Mitchell, Warden

U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit · Decided 2005-03-08

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SUTTON, Circuit Judge. A state-court jury imposed a capital sentence on Jeffrey Hill for the aggravated murder of his mother, and Hill now challenges a district court decision denying his petition for habeas corpus relief. Among a host of other claims, Hill emphasizes that his lawyers’ failure to hire a mitigation psychologist .until the day before the mitigation hearing constit…

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