Legal Opinion
Earl Ray Lyell v. Paul Renico
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided December 1, 2006No. 04-1106PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSutton, J., joined by Oberdorfer, D.J.,
CLAY, J. (pp. 1189-93), delivered a separate concurring opinion.
OPINION
SUTTON, Circuit Judge.
A jury convicted Earl Ray Lyell of assault with intent to commit murder, Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.83, and a judge sentenced him to thirty to sixty years in prison as an habitual offender, Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.1083. He now petitions for a writ of habeas corpus, claiming that the trial court (1) coerced the jury into reaching a guilty verdict by improperly polling the jury and (2) exhibited bias and partiality that denied him a fair trial. Although we reject Lyell’s claim that the jury polling violated…
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