Cornell Fuller v. Charles E. Anderson

KEITH, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by the State of Michigan from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of *421Michigan granting a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The district court granted the writ because it found that the petitioner’s jury verdict of felony murder was not supported by sufficient evidence. For the reasons discussed below, we affirm the judgment of Chief Judge John Feikens.

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Petitioner Cornell Fuller was convicted by a jury of felony murder in the Recorder’s Court of Detroit, Michigan.1 He was sentenced to serve life in prison and has…