Legal Opinion
Pearl v. Cason
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided August 13, 2002No. 2:01-cv-73051PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
EDMUNDS, District Judge.
Petitioner Sylvester Pearl, a state prisoner presently confined at the Mound Correctional Facility in Detroit, Michigan, has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner was convicted of second-degree murder and felony firearm following a jury trial in the Jackson County Circuit Court in 1997. He was sentenced to 40 to 80 years imprisonment on the murder conviction and a consecutive term of two years imprisonment on the firearm conviction. In his pleadings, Petitioner…
2Cases cited44 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Estelle v. McGuireSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Baker v. BarrettDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 2014
- Bentley v. BockDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 2002
- McGowan v. ChristiansenDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 2018
- Pearl v. CasonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2004
- Dykes v. HaasDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 2021
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