Legal Opinion
Akrawi v. Booker
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 10, 2009No. 07-1984PublishedCited by 96 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
McKEAGUE, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from an order denying a petition for writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner contends that his 1991 drug-trafficking conviction is constitutionally infirm because the prosecution suppressed evidence favorable to him, in violation of its duties under Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 83 S.Ct. 1194, 10 L.Ed.2d 215 (1963). For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
A. Trial Proceedings
In October 1991, Ragheed Akrawi was tried in Oakland County (Michigan) Circuit Court with one of eight other co-defendants, charged with conspiring to possess with…
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