Legal Opinion
Cone v. Bell
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 19, 2007No. 99-5279PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRyan, J., joined by Norris, J.,
MERRITT, J. (pp. 759-66), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
OPINION
■ RYAN, Circuit Judge.
In 1982, a Tennessee state court sentenced Gary Bradford Cone to death after convicting him of two counts of first degree murder, two counts of murder in the perpetration of a burglary, three counts of assault with intent to commit murder, and one count of robbery by use of deadly force. The jury found Cone had bludgeoned two elderly persons to death while hiding out after a robbery. The Tennessee courts upheld Cone’s conviction and sentence on direct appeal and denied his petitions for…
2Cases cited42 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Bell v. ConeSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Cone v. BellSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
- Wilson v. MitchellCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2007
- Keene v. MitchellCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2008
- Cone v. BellSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
- Cone v. ColsonDistrict Court, W.D. Tennessee · 2013
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