Legal Opinion
Thorne v. Lester
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 10, 2016No. 14-6214PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES G. CARR, Senior District Judge.
A Tennessee jury concluded that Gle-nard Thorne, armed with a gun and aided by three accomplices, broke into a residential apartment, stole some recording equipment, and kidnapped and facilitated the rapes of the man and woman who lived there. State v. Sandifer, 2010 WL 5343202 (Tenn.Crim.App. Dec. 21, 2010). The trial court sentenced Thorne to fifty-two years’ imprisonment for especially aggravated kidnapping, aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary, and facilitation of aggravated rape.
The Tennessee courts affirmed the convictions on direct appeal and…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Estelle v. McGuireSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Martinez v. RyanSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
- Guilmette v. HowesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2010
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