Legal Opinion
Lancaster v. METRISH
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided August 19, 2010No. Case 07-13692PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMENDED * MEMORANDUM AND ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
AVERN COHN, District Judge.
I. Introduction
This is a habeas case under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner Burt Lancaster (Petitioner) is a state prisoner. He was convicted after a bench trial in Oakland County on one count of first-degree murder and possession of a firearm in the commission of a felony. Petitioner was sentenced to life imprisonment on the first-degree murder conviction and received a consecutive two year prison sentence on the felony-firearm conviction.
Petitioner, through counsel, has filed petition for a writ…
2Cases cited33 opinions
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Metrish v. LancasterSupreme Court of the United States · 2013
- Burt Lancaster v. Linda MetrishCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2012
- Burt Lancaster v. Linda MetrishCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2012