Legal Opinion
Spalla v. Foltz
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided July 15, 1985No. Civ. 84-CV-2425-DTPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
COHN, District Judge.
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Petitioner, presently confined to the State Prison of Southern Michigan, challenges his conviction for second degree murder, M.C.L. § 750.317, in habeas corpus, 28 U.S.C. § 2254. His petition includes a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim for injunctive and declaratory relief; this claim is subsumed in the decision on the habeas action.
On February 28, 1976 petitioner was convicted by an Oakland County Michigan jury of first degree murder, M.C.L. § 750.316, and sentenced to life imprisonment. The conviction was affirmed by the Michigan Court of Appeals with a…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Holland v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Millender v. AdamsDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 2002
- Johnson v. HofbauerDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 2001
- Burns v. LaflerDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 2004
- Frederick Spalla v. Dale FoltzCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1986
- Alder v. BurtDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 2003
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