Legal Opinion
Whiting v. Burt
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided June 10, 2003No. CIV. 02-CV-74359-DTPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER CONDITIONALLY GRANTING THE PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS 1
TARNOW, District Judge.
Maurice D. Whiting, (“petitioner”), presently confined at the Southern Michigan Correctional Facility in Jackson, Michigan, seeks the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. In his application, filed both pro per and through counsel James Sterling Lawrence, petitioner challenges his conviction on one count of first-degree felony murder, M.C.L.A. 750.316; M.S.A. 28.548. For the reasons stated below, petitioner’s application for writ of habeas corpus is CONDITIONALLY…
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