Legal Opinion
Jerry Harrison v. Ron Jones and Attorney General of the State of Alabama
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 21, 1989No. 88-7707PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:
This appeal arises from the denial of a petition for habeas corpus relief brought under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254(d) by an Alabama state prison inmate sentenced to life imprisonment under Alabama’s Habitual Felony Offender Act, Ala.Code Ann. § 13A-5-9(c)(2). We affirm in part and reverse in part.
I. FACTS
On January 26, 1984, petitioner Jerry Harrison was tried and convicted in Alabama state court of theft of property. In sentencing Harrison, the trial court applied the Habitual Felony Offender Act, Ala. Code Ann. § 13A-5-9(c)(2). The court considered four prior felony…
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