Legal Opinion
Cipriano v. Birkett
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 13, 2002No. 00-2456PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
This action stems from a 1981 criminal conviction in Michigan state court for two counts of first degree murder. Petitioner-Appellant Giovanni Cipriano brought a federal petition for a writ of habeas corpus, raising seven issues after he was denied relief under a newly-adopted Michigan procedural default rule and his state court remedies were exhausted. The district court denied Cipriano’s habeas petition, but granted a certificate of appeala-bility on three of his claims. These three claims are before us today: (1) Whether the jury instruction on sanity violated Ci-priano’s Fifth and…
3Cases cited9 opinions
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- Robert Glen Coe, Petitioner-Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Ricky Bell, Warden, Respondent-Appellant/cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1999
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4Cited by4 opinions
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