Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Bell
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 29, 2008No. 04-5377PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGibbons, J.
BATCHELDER, J. (pp. 488-90), delivered a separate concurring opinion. COLE, J. (pp. 490-97), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
OPINION
JULIA SMITH GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.
In 1981, petitioner-appellant Cecil C. Johnson, Jr., was convicted by a Davidson County, Tennessee, jury of three counts of first degree murder, two counts of robbery, and two counts of assault. Johnson was sentenced to death for the murders and received four consecutive life sentences for the remaining convictions. The convictions and sentences were upheld by the Tennessee Supreme Court on direct appeal, and the United…
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