Legal Opinion
Berry v. Mintzes
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided December 21, 1981No. Civ. 80-72037PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER DENYING WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
COHN, District Judge.
I
Before me is a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner Thomas Berry, Jr. was convicted of first degree murder in the Recorder’s Court for the City of Detroit on May 18, 1964 and sentenced to a term of life imprisonment. He has been in the custody of the Michigan Department of Corrections since that time.
A
Petitioner was arrested and arraigned on a criminal warrant charging first degree murder on October 25, 1963. Three days later counsel was appointed for him. He was arraigned on an-information…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- California v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Thomas Berry, Jr. v. Barry Mintzes, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1984
- McClurkin v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1984
- Frederick Spalla v. Dale FoltzCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1986
- People v. BerryMichigan Court of Appeals · 1993
- Hunter v. LeSatzDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 2020