ANDERSON v. JOHNSON

No. 02-61037.

338 F.3d 382 (2003)

Roland ANDERSON, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Robert L. JOHNSON, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections; Mike Moore, Respondents-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 8, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Lee Knapp (argued), Jackson, MS, for Petitioner-Appellee.

Jerrolyn M. Owens (argued), Jackson, MS, for Respondents-Appellants.

Before WIENER, BENAVIDES, and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.


WIENER, Circuit Judge:

Respondent-Appellant Robert L. Johnson, Commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Corrections ("State") appeals the district court's grant of § 2254 habeas relief to Petitioner-Appellee Roland Anderson ("Anderson"). We affirm.

I. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

This petition for writ of habeas corpus stems from Roland Anderson's 1997 burglary conviction in the Circuit Court of Hinds County, Mississippi. Anderson was charged...

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