Legal Opinion
Karen Howell v. Reuben Hodge
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 13, 2013No. 10-5493PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSutton, J., joined by Stranch, J., and Steeh, D.J.,
STRANCH, J. (pp. 387-94), delivered a separate concurring opinion.
OPINION
SUTTON, Circuit Judge.
In February 1998, Karen Howell pled guilty to three counts of first-degree murder and several other offenses. The state court sentenced Howell to three life sentences without parole for the murders and a host of other sentences for the other crimes, a set of punishments the Tennessee courts affirmed on direct appeal and *383declined to alter in reviewing Howell’s state collateral-review proceeding. Howell filed a habeas petition in federal court, arguing that she had received ineffective assistance of…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Harrington v. RichterSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
- Hill v. LockhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Addington v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by19 opinions
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- Dorsey v. State of TennesseeDistrict Court, M.D. Tennessee · 2023
- Howell v. LeboDistrict Court, E.D. Tennessee · 2022
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