Morgan v. Dickhaut

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER REGARDING PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS (Dkt. No. 1)

PONSOR, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Petitioner David Morgan is serving a life sentence in state prison after a jury found him guilty of first degree murder in 2000. He has filed this action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, setting out four separate grounds for habeas relief. For the reasons set forth below, and despite Petitioner’s counsel’s vigorous and resourceful arguments, under the narrow standard of review set out in the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (“AEDPA”), 28 U.S.C. 2244 et seq.,…