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WEST v. BELL

No. 01-5237.

242 F.3d 338 (2001)

Stephen Michael WEST, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Ricky J. BELL, Warden, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Filed: February 27, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Dickerson, Miller & Martin, Chattanooga, TN, for petitioner-appellee.

Glenn R. Pruden, Office of the Attorney Generalm Criminal Justice Division, Nashville, TN, for respondent-appellant.

Before: BOGGS, NORRIS, and MOORE, Circuit Judges.

ORDER VACATING STAY

BOGGS, Circuit Judge.

Stephen Michael West is a Tennessee prisoner under a sentence of death for the 1986 rape and murder of two East Tennessee women. He held the state to its burden of proving a capital offense at trial and sentencing, strenuously argued his case on direct appeal through a petition for certiorari in the United States Supreme Court, and filed for post-conviction relief, which the state courts ultimately denied on June...

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