Nelson v. Campbell
| Nelson v. Campbell | |
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| Argued March 29, 2004 Decided May 24, 2004 | |
| Full case name | David L. Nelson, Petitioner v. Donal Campbell, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections, et al. |
| Docket no. | 03-6821 |
| Citations | 541 U.S. 637 (more) 124 S. Ct. 2117; 158 L. Ed. 2d 924 |
| Argument | Oral argument |
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| Case opinion | |
| Majority | O'Connor, joined by unanimous |
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Nelson v. Campbell, 541 U.S. 637 (2004), was a case decided by the United States Supreme Court considering whether a prisoner's appeal of proposed execution procedures was equivalent to a habeas corpus petition. The court held unanimously that an appeal of proposed execution procedures is different from a habeas corpus petition because it is not an appeal of a conviction or sentence.