Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio at Cleveland.
No. 1:04-cv-00829—Solomon Oliver Jr., District Judge.
Argued: November 17, 2023
Decided and Filed: December 19, 2023
Before: SUTTON, Chief Judge; WHITE and BUSH, Circuit Judges.
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OPINION
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SUTTON, Chief Judge. An Ohio jury convicted Clarence Mack of aggravated murder
arising from a 1991 carjacking. It recommended the death penalty. The judge agreed and
imposed a capital sentence. After years of litigation in state courts, Mack petitioned for a writ of
habeas corpus in federal court, alleging several claims relevant to today’s dispute: that
prosecutors suppressed material evidence, that they introduced false testimony, that his trial
counsel was ineffective, and that the state court denied him a fair trial when it denied the
admission of certain testimony. The district court denied his petition. We affirm. |