Bell v. Epps

2 Citing cases

  1. Powers v. State

    No. 2017-DR-00696-SCT (Miss. Sep. 28, 2023)

    ΒΆ135. Powers likens Juror Bond's situation to the facts in United States v. Scott, 854 F.2d 697 (5th Cir. 1988)-a case "on all fours," he maintains-and Bell v. Epps, No. 3:04 cv 2128, 2008 WL 2690311 (N.D. Miss. June 20, 2008), aff'd in part, 347 Fed.Appx. 73 (5th Cir. 2009). In Scott, the Fifth Circuit held that juror bias required reversal.

  2. Bell v. State

    66 So. 3d 90 (Miss. 2011)   Cited 9 times
    Noting that evidence presented by the defendant's experts in support of this Court's grant of an Atkins hearing could be further tested at the actual hearing

    On September 28, 2009, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the denial of federal habeas relief on those issues "on which the district court granted a COA." Bell v. Epps, 347 Fed.Appx. 73, 80 (5th Cir. 2009). On November 29, 2010, for the third time, the United States Supreme Court denied relief to Bell.