Legal Opinion
In Re: Benedict Joseph Cook, Iii, Movant
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 6, 2000No. 99-6526PublishedCited by 122 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
In 1988, a Tennessee jury convicted Benedict Joseph Cook, III, of three counts of aggravated rape and two counts of aggravated sexual battery. He was sentenced to 25 years of imprisonment. In December of 1996, Cook filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, but the district court denied the application. Then, in 1999, Cook filed another § 2254 application in the district court. The district court forwarded the application to this court to treat as a motion seeking authorization to file a second application under 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(2). See In re Sims, 111…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- In Re Jonathan Sims, Janice v. TerbushCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1997
- Leantry Benton v. Odie WashingtonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996
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3Cited by122 opinions
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