Carter v. Klee

DAVID M. LAWSON, United States District Judge

Michigan prisoner Jeffrey Durk Carter was convicted in 1987 of multiple counts of sexual assault, robbery, and weapons offenses and sentenced to lengthy prison terms. His convictions became final after completion of his direct appeals in 1990. In 2004, he began several rounds of post-conviction litigation in the state courts, mainly looking to have DNA evidence tested. However, he was unsuccessful, because the evidence was destroyed according to the routine practice at the time. Carter filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in this Court in…