Legal Opinion
Alvin Hill, Cross-Appellant v. Lee Roy Black, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections, Cross-Appellees
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 12, 1989No. 87-4922PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Chief Judge:
I
On November 26, 1980, a jury of the Circuit Court of Desoto County, Mississippi, found Alvin Hill guilty of capital murder and sentenced him to death. The Supreme Court of Mississippi upheld both the verdict and the sentence on direct appeal. Hill v. State, 432 So.2d 427 (Miss.1983), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 977, 104 S.Ct. 414, 78 L.Ed.2d 352 (1983). Two subsequent petitions to the Mississippi Supreme Court for Writ of Error Coram Nobis were denied. In re Alvin Hill, 467 So.2d 669 (Miss.1985); In re Alvin Hill, 460 So.2d 792 (Miss.1984). Hill then petitioned the United…
2Cases cited39 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Teague v. LaneSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Engle v. IsaacSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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3Cited by22 opinions
- William L. Wiley v. Steve W. Puckett, Superintendent, Mississippi State Penitentiary, and Mike Moore, Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1992
- Amos v. ScottCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1995
- Willie Albert Smith v. Lee Roy Black, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
- Samuel Bice Johnson v. Steve Puckett, Commissioner James v. Anderson, Superintendent, Mississippi State Penitentiary State of MississippiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1999
- Jimmy D. Pemberton v. James Collins, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
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