Legal Opinion
Michael Hicks v. Dennis M. Straub, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 29, 2004No. 03-1124PublishedCited by 148 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKennedy, J., joined by Cook, J.,
ROGERS, J. (p. 559), delivered a separate concurring opinion.
OPINION
KENNEDY, Circuit Judge.
The district court conditionally granted the petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 of Petitioner Michael Hicks, a Michigan prisoner, on his claim that his Sixth Amendment right to confrontation was violated at his first-degree murder trial when the prosecutor, during his opening statement, advised the jury that petitioner had confessed to the murder to a fellow jail inmate and, yet, subsequently failed, despite a good faith effort, to produce that inmate as a witness.1 The district…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Murray v. CarrierSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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3Cited by148 opinions
- Stewart v. ErwinCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2007
- Henry Hodges v. Stanton Heidle, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2013
- Maurice Whiting v. Sherry Burt, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2005
- Elwood Jones v. Margaret BagleyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2012
- United States v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2009
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