Rommel Amos v. Joe Thornton

Rommel A. Amos, a prisoner in the custody of the state of Mississippi, appeals the district court’s dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Amos contends that he was denied his right to a speedy trial and that his lawyer provided ineffective assistance of counsel by failing to move for a speedy trial. The Mississippi Supreme Court determined these claims to be without merit. Because Amos cannot show that this determination was objectively unreasonable, we affirm the dismissal of his petition.

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Walter Vance was shot dead by Amos’s hand in Holmes County,…