Legal Opinion
Henry Clay Burks v. Charles Egeler, Warden, People of the State of Michigan
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 6, 1975No. 73-2003PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ENGEL, Circuit Judge.
Henry Clay Burks, originally charged with second degree murder, was convicted of manslaughter by a Detroit Recorder’s Court jury on July 25, 1968, and sentenced to a term of ten to fifteen years in prison. Following denial of a motion for new trial, Burks’ conviction was affirmed by the Supreme Court of Michigan.1
In a petition to the district court for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, Burks alleged eight issues,2 but *223after careful examination of the record in the state proceedings, the district judge considered only two issues on the merits, properly refusing…
2Cases cited47 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Napue v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- McNabb v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
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3Cited by61 opinions
- Kwame Ajamu v. City of ClevelandCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2019
- Walter Sanders v. James E. Sullivan and Robert Abrams, the Attorney General of the State of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1988
- Claude Francis Roddy, Jr. v. Harold E. Black, SuperintendentCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1975
- James Cook v. Donald E. Bordenkircher, Superintendent, Kentucky State Penitentiary at Eddyville, KentuckyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1979
- People v. BrownIllinois Supreme Court · 1995
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