Cottle v. Vahsaw

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION LEO MCCLENT COTTLE, Petitioner, Case No. 20-10052 Honorable Laurie J. Michelson v. ROBERT VASHAW, Warden, Respondent. OPINION AND ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS [1] In 2017, Leo McClent Cottle faced multiple criminal charges for taking part in a robbery of a home that led to the homeowner being hit in the head with a pistol and punched multiple times. Cottle’s pretrial summary shows an early plea offer, which stated that the “[p]rosecutor will offer” a sentence “at the bottom of the guidelines range…