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· 3/22/1998

In Re: Leo Alexander Jones

Citations

  • 137 F.3d 1271
  • 1998 U.S. App. LEXIS 5719
  • 1998 WL 126975

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  • holding § 2244(b)(2)(B)(ii) does not encompass death-sentence challenges
  • denying an application to file a second or successive habeas petition on a claim that execution by electric chair violates the Eighth Amendment, because the newly discovered evidence exception in § 2244(b)(2)(B) does not apply to sentence- related claims
  • denying an application to file a second or successive habeas petition on a claim that execution by electric chair violates the Eighth Amendment, because the newly discovered evidence exception in § 2244(b)(2)(B) does not apply to sentence- related claims

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Judges: Tjoflat, Anderson, Edmondson

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