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RIGGINS v. REES

No. 95-5711.

74 F.3d 732 (1996)

Leonard David RIGGINS, Petitioner-Appellee, v. John REES, Warden, South Central Correctional Facility, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided February 8, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mariah A. Wooten, Caryll S. Alpert (argued and briefed), Federal Public Defender's Office, Nashville, TN, for petitioner-appellee.

Sharon S. Selby, Asst. Atty. Gen., Glenn R. Pruden, Criminal Justice Div., William D. Bridgers (argued and briefed), Office of Atty. Gen., Nashville, TN, for respondent-appellant.

Before: MARTIN, GUY, and RYAN, Circuit Judges.

BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which RYAN, J., joined. RALPH B. GUY, Jr., J. (pp. 738-40), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.

BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Circuit Judge.

The State of Tennessee appeals the district court's grant of a writ of habeas corpus in connection with Leonard Riggins' conviction for second degree murder in a Tennessee state court. The district court held that Riggins was denied his right to equal protection...

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