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When things turn ugly, real ugly

By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

[update 11:05 PM Tuesday] Few capital cases are as ugly as Gregory Wilson v. Parker, No. No. 05-5191, decided today by the Sixth Circuit.  Today, drawing a “bad panel” in the Sixth Circuit, Wilson loses on federal habeas. Why?  The crime was a high profile capital murder. Counsel started dropping out for one reason or another like flies, including one of the deans of the Death Bar Kevin McNally.  Then  no one could be found to represent Wilson. At one point the hunt for trial counsel got so bad that a notice was tacked to the court’s door looking for counsel to represent Wilson. The attorneys who volunteered, well let’s just say the case goes downhill from there.  Fast forward twenty years and you have the decision in Wilson v...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on January 29, 2008 (boomark / email).