Sixth Circuit smackdown watch: Woods v. Etherton

Even with only eight justices, the Supreme Court continues its somewhat regular practice of reversing pro-criminal-defendant habeas opinions of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.  Today, the court issued a per curiam opinion summarily reversing the Sixth Circuit’s grant of a habeas petition in Woods v. Etherton. In the opinion below (Etherton v. Rivard), […]