Legal Opinion
Ferrazza v. Tessmer
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided February 17, 1999No. 4:97-cv-40233PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
GADOLA, District Judge.
Petitioner, Dante Ferrazza (“petitioner”), presently confined at the Kinross Correctional Facility in Kincheloe, Michigan, seeks the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. In his application, filed pro se, petitioner challenges his conviction and sentence on one count of first degree murder, M.C.L. 750.316; M.S.A. 28.548. For the reasons stated below, petitioner’s application for writ of habeas corpus is denied.
I. Background
Petitioner was convicted on June 15, 1967 of first degree…
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