Legal Opinion
Sedley Alley v. Ricky Bell
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided October 3, 2002No. 99-6659PublishedCited by 218 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BOGGS, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner Sedley Alley was convicted of the 1985 kidnapping, rape, and murder of United States Marine Corps Lance Corporal Suzanne Marie Collins and was sentenced to death. His conviction and sentence were affirmed on direct appeal, and Alley was denied relief in state post-conviction proceedings. Alley’s petition for federal habeas relief, filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, was denied by the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee in an exhaustive and well-reasoned opinion. For the reasons herein, we affirm the district court’s denial…
2Cases cited44 opinions
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- Rose v. LundySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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3Cited by218 opinions
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