U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In re Courtney Caldwell
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- Type
- Opinion
- Author
- Jeffrey S. Sutton
- Filed
- March 8, 2019
- Case
- In re Courtney Caldwell
- Case status
- Decided
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SUTTON, Circuit Judge. Federal habeas law gives an inmate one clean shot at relief for each judgment that confines him. In this case we see an uncommon application of that rule. Courtney Caldwell pleaded guilty to murder and aggravated robbery in two separate cases in the same court on the same day. He initially filed a habeas petition challenging his murder conviction. Then he challeng…
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