Legal Opinion
Isadore Hodges, Jr., and Andrew Lewis, Jr. v. James Rose, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 14, 1978No. 77-1374 and 77-1375PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CELEBREZZE, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal by two Tennessee prisoners from an order of the District Court denying their petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Appellants Hodges and Lewis were convicted in a 1971 joint trial for murder in the perpetration of rape. 1 They are currently serving 99 year sentences at the Tennessee State Penitentiary in Nashville. 2
In the 1971 prosecution, Appellants were charged with the rape-murder of a sixty year old woman in an abandoned church in Memphis. 3 As part of its case in chief, the State introduced separate written statements obtained from both…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- California v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Harrington v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by60 opinions
- Parker v. RandolphSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Kevin Stanford v. Phil Parker, Warden, Kentucky State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2001
- Oleson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2001
- United States v. Gilbert Espinoza-Seanez, Ernesto Espinoza-Seanez and Raul Lazarin-BecerraCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989
- United States v. Julita De Parias, Jessie Ramirez, A/K/A Marzelo Romdom, A/K/A Norbey Duque Garcia and "Jessid"Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
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