Legal Opinion
Dixson v. Quarles
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided March 12, 1985No. Civ. A. 84-CV-4957-DTPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RALPH B. GUY, Jr., District Judge.
Petitioner, presently confined at the Huron Valley Women’s Facility at Ypsilanti, Michigan, has filed this petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. On July 2, 1976, after a bench trial, she was convicted of first-degree murder. Mich.Comp.Laws § 750.316. She was sentenced by Saginaw Circuit Court Judge Fred Borchard to a term of life imprisonment. On December 1, 1977, the Michigan Court of Appeals reversed her conviction (Docket No. 31120). The Michigan Supreme Court reversed the Michigan Court of Appeals’ decision and, on July…
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