Legal Opinion
Barry Anthony Willis v. David Smith
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided December 16, 2003No. 02-2445PublishedCited by 87 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BOYCE F. MARTIN, JR., Circuit Judge.
Barry Anthony Willis, a pro se Michigan prisoner, appeals a district court judgment dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. This case has been referred to a panel of the court pursuant to Sixth Circuit Rule 34(j)(l). Upon examination, this panel unanimously agrees that oral argument is not needed. Fed. RApp. P. 34(a).
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Following a bench trial in 1995, Willis was found guilty of conspiring to distribute six hundred fifty grams or more of cocaine. The court sentenced Willis to life imprisonment without the…
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- Picard v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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