Legal Opinion

Bell v. Fisher

District Court, S.D. Mississippi

Decided June 3, 2019No. 3:16-cv-00586Unknown

1Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI NORTHERN DIVISION TIMOTHY LAVON BELL PETITIONER V. CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:16-CV-586-DPJ-FKB COMMISSIONER MARSHALL L. RESPONDENT FISHER, MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF CORECTIONS ORDER This habeas petition under

28 U.S.C. § 2254

is before the Court on the Report and Recommendation (“R&R”) [9] of United States Magistrate Judge F. Keith Ball. Judge Ball recommended denial of Petitioner Timothy Lavon Bell’s Petition [1], in which he asserts two grounds related to the fact that he was tried before a jury in prison garb. Bell challenges the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Bell v. ConeSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
  3. Estelle v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  4. Charles Wallace Brooks v. State of TexasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
  5. Bell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2014

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