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Bell v. Kelly (07-1223)

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The U.S. Supreme Court granted cert in the above-styled case today.  Oral arguments have been completed for this term of the Court; Bell v. Kelly will be heard in the term that begins in October 2008.  Lyle Denniston has this at SCOTUS Blog:The Court agreed to hear one new case, an appeal by a death row inmate in Virginia, Edward Nathaniel Bell.  The Court limited its review to the question of whether federal courts hearing a state prisoner?s habeas case must defer to state court findings even if the state court did not consider the specific evidence at issue.  The case is Bell v. Kelly (07-1223).  The case will be heard in the Term starting Oct. 6.  In a separate order, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., ordered a delay in Bell?s execution, scheduled for July 24...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on May 12, 2008 (boomark / email).