WALLACE v. MISSISSIPPI

No. 20-60098.

43 F.4th 482 (2022)

Reginald Desmond WALLACE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. State of MISSISSIPPI; Burl Cain, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED August 8, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer Sheffield Freel , Jackson Walker, L.L.P., Austin, TX, Emily M. Rhine , Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Erin E. Rutherford , Office of the Attorney General for the State of Mississippi Criminal Division, Jackson, MS, Bridgette Grant , Office of the Attorney General for the State of Mississippi, Jackson, MS. for Respondents-Appellees.

Before Barksdale, Stewart, and Dennis, Circuit Judges.


This appeal pursuant to the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA), 28 U.S.C. § 2241 et seq., is by a Mississippi state prisoner seeking habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Following a state trial court's Judgment of Conviction based on guilty pleas and a much later...

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