Legal Opinion
McCullough v. Stegall
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 16, 2001No. 00-1060PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SILER, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner Gerald S. McCullough was convicted in Michigan state court of first degree murder in violation of Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.316 and felony-firearm possession in violation of Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.227A. He is currently serving a life sentence. He was eventually denied relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d). He raises several issues, including denial of the presentation of self-defense evidence, sufficiency of the evidence, ineffective assistance of counsel, and right of confrontation. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
On the day of the murder McCullough was working on his car. With…
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