Legal Opinion
Bennett v. Stirling
District Court, D. South Carolina
Decided March 16, 2016No. Civil Action No. 2:13-3191-RMGPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
Richard Mark Gergel, United States District Court Judge
This matter is before the Court on the Report and Recommendation (“R. & R.”) of the Magistrate Judge, recommending that the Court grant the Petitioner’s writ of habeas corpus on the basis of Ground Two of the petition. (Dkt. No. 98.) After a careful review of the voluminous record in this matter, the decisions of the state courts, the briefs of the parties, and the relevant case law, the Court grants the Petitioner’s writ of habeas corpus separately and independently on the bases of Grounds One and Two of the petition, setting aside…
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