Legal Opinion
Anderson v. Johnson
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 9, 2003No. 02-61037PublishedCited by 103 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIENER, Circuit Judge:
Respondent-Appellant Robert L. Johnson, Commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (“State”) appeals the district court’s grant of § 2254 habeas relief to Petitioner-Appellee Roland Anderson (“Anderson”). We affirm.
I. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS
This petition for writ of habeas corpus stems from Roland Anderson’s 1997 burglary conviction in the Circuit Court of Hinds County, Mississippi. Anderson was charged and convicted in connection with the attempted kidnapping and shooting of Dorothy Brister, a Mississippi bail bondsman and confidential informant for the…
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