U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Derek Edmonds v. Aaron Smith
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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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