Legal Opinion

McSwain v. Davis

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided July 15, 2008No. 06-1920UnpublishedCited by 71 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BELL, District Judge.

Rosemarie McSwain, a Michigan prisoner proceeding pro se, appeals the district court’s order dismissing her petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 as time-barred. For the reasons stated herein we affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

On April 19, 1988, Rosemarie McSwain, who was working as a prostitute, killed one of her customers. On October 28, 1988, following a jury trial, she was convicted of first-degree premeditated murder and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. 1 The Michigan Court of Appeals affirmed her convictions, People v.…

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