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Title: United States v. Davidson
Author : Eleventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
Release Date : January 16, 1985
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 57 KB

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Petitioner-appellant, Arthur Jones, was convicted of murder and sentenced to death in 1982. Direct appeals in state court proved unsuccessful. See Jones v. State, 450 So. 2d 171 (Ala.), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 873, 105 S. Ct. 232, 83 L. Ed. 2d 160 (1984). Subsequent efforts to obtain coram nobis relief in state court also failed. Jones then filed the present action in federal district court, seeking habeas corpus relief. In this appeal, we review the district courts denial of Jones habeas petition. Three issues are presented: (1) whether the pretrial line-up was unduly suggestive; (2) whether the trial court erred in rejecting Jones requested instruction on eyewitness testimony, and (3) whether Jones received effective assistance of counsel during the trial proceedings.