Legal Opinion
Stephen Michael West v. Ricky J. Bell, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 27, 2001No. 01-5237PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER VACATING STAY
BOGGS, Circuit Judge.
Stephen Michael West is a Tennessee prisoner under a sentence of death for the 1986 rape and murder of two East Tennessee women. He held the state to its burden of proving a capital offense at trial and sentencing, strenuously argued his case on direct appeal through a petition for certio-rari in the United States Supreme Court, and filed for post-conviction relief, which the state courts ultimately denied on June 7, 2000. He did not petition for a writ of certiorari, the time for filing which expired on September 5, 2000. On November 7, 2000, the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Ronald Eugene Rickman, Petitioner-Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Ricky Bell, Warden, Respondent-Appellant/cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1997
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3Cited by54 opinions
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