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Title: Bigelow v. Haviland
Author : Eleventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
Release Date : January 06, 2009
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 62 KB

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Michael Bigelows federal habeas corpus petition-challenging his state-court convictions for kidnapping, assault and arson-is before us for a second time. At his criminal trial, Bigelow maintained that he was in another city on the day of the crime. In his first appeal to us, we reversed the district courts denial of the writ, instructing it to hold an evidentiary hearing to determine whether Bigelows trial counsel failed adequately to investigate this alibi defense, particularly after a corroborating witness stepped forward a few days before the criminal trial. See Bigelow v. Williams, 367 F.3d 562, 565 (6th Cir. 2004). On remand, the district court determined that Bigelow was entitled to relief because his counsel had provided ineffective assistance in violation of the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments, and it granted the writ. We affirm.