George Burger v. Jeffrey Woods

SUTTON, Circuit Judge.

A Michigan jury convicted George Burger of armed robbery and fleeing from the police. The state courts affirmed his convictions, and a federal district court denied his habeas petition. We affirm.

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On Easter Sunday in 2003, Steven Goble was working the graveyard shift at a Mobil gas station in Highland, Michigan. Around 4:00 a.m., a middle-aged white man wearing a stocking hat came in and told Goble, “This is a stick-up.” R. 6-6 at 138. Goble thought the man was joking until the man pulled out a knife and tapped it against the counter. Goble gave the man all the money in…