Allen v. Kelley (Per Curiam)
Annotate this CaseAt a third trial Appellant was found guilty of aggravated robbery and sentenced to life imprisonment. Appellant later filed a pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus, alleging that trial counsel was ineffective, that he should not be subject to a sentence of life imprisonment without parole in accordance with Graham v. Florida, and that his trial counsel’s use of preemptory challenges to exclude white jurors and the State’s use of preemptory challenges to exclude black jurors violated his right to a trial by a fair and impartial jury. The Supreme denied relief, holding that Appellant did not meet his burden of demonstrating a basis for a writ of habeas corpus to issue.
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