Legal Opinion
Hill v. Thigpen
District Court, N.D. Mississippi
Decided July 2, 1987No. DC 84-230-D-OPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
DAVIDSON, District Judge.
This cause is before the court on a petition for a writ of habeas corpus by the petitioner Alvin Hill who was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death in the Circuit Court of DeSoto County, Mississippi, on November 26, 1980. Hill directly appealed his conviction and sentence to the Mississippi Supreme Court wherein the judgment of the lower court was affirmed. Hill v. State, 432 So.2d 427 (Miss.1983), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 977, 104 S.Ct. 414, 78 L.Ed.2d 532 (1983). Hill then filed a Petition for Writ of Error Coram Nobis which the…
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3Cited by6 opinions
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