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Type
Opinion
Author
John M. Rogers
Filed
April 26, 2019
Case
Derek Edmonds v. Aaron Smith
Case status
Decided

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ROGERS, Circuit Judge. Derek Edmonds and Tyreese Hall were together tried and convicted in state court of brutally beating and sodomizing a homeless man to death. After their joint *739 state appeals were rejected, Hall brought a federal habeas action under…

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