Legal Opinion
Louise Harris v. Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided October 25, 2017No. 15-14484PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JILL PRYOR, Circuit Judge:
Louise Harris, an Alabama inmate, appeals the district court’s denial of her 28 U.S.C. § 2254 federal habeas petition. Harris was convicted for arranging the murder of her husband, Montgomery County Deputy Sheriff Isaiah Harris, and sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. Following unsuccessful challenges to her conviction on direct appeal and collateral proceedings in the Alabama state courts, Harris filed a federal habeas petition in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, which the district court denied. Harris appeals the…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Strickler v. GreeneSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
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3Cited by37 opinions
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