Supreme Court of the United States
Harbison v. Bell
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- Type
- Opinion of the Court
- Filed
- April 1, 2009
- Case
- Harbison v. Bell
- Case status
- Decided
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*182Justice Stevens delivered the opinion of the Court. Petitioner Edward Jerome Harbison was sentenced to death by a Tennessee court in 1983. In 1997, after the state courts rejected challenges to his conviction and sentence, the Federal District Court appointed the Federal Defender Services of Eastern Tennessee to represent him in filing a petition for…
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Other writings in this case
| Type | Author | Filed |
|---|---|---|
| Opinion | Not attributed | April 1, 2009 |
| Concurrence | Not attributed | April 1, 2009 |