Legal Opinion
Demetrius Foster v. Hugh Wolfenbarger
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 20, 2012No. 10-2023PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COLE, Circuit Judge.
Demetrius Foster was convicted of second-degree murder in connection with the shooting death of Bobby Morris. After trial, the Michigan trial court conducted a Ginther hearing and concluded that Foster’s trial counsel was ineffective for failing to raise an alibi defense, stemming primarily from the testimony of a witness who said that Foster was with him at the time of the killing. The Michigan Court of Appeals, however, concluded that the failure to raise the alibi defense was an exercise of sound trial strategy by Foster’s trial counsel. On habeas review, the…
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