Legal Opinion
Joe Clark Mitchell v. John Rees, Cross-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 12, 1997No. 95-6232, 95-6397PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBatchelder, J., joined by Siler, J.,
KEITH, J. (pp. 579-83), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
OPINION
BATCHELDER, Circuit Judge.
Joe Clark Mitchell filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. The district court granted the petition and issued the writ. Respondent-Warden John Rees appeals, and the petitioner cross appeals.
I. BACKGROUND
A. State Court Proceedings
Petitioner was indicted in 1982 by a Maury County, Tennessee, grand jury on charges of aggravated sexual battery, arson, first-degree burglary, and two counts each of…
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- Murray v. CarrierSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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3Cited by29 opinions
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