Stephen Michael West v. Ricky J. Bell, Warden

242 F.3d 338 (6th Cir. 2001)

Stephen Michael West, Petitioner-Appellee,

v.

Ricky J. Bell, Warden, Respondent-Appellant

No. 01-5237

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT

Filed: February 27, 2001

Before: BOGGS, NORRIS, and MOORE, Circuit Judges.

ORDER VACATING STAY

BOGGS, Circuit Judge.

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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 certiorari in the United…