Scott v. Bock

OPINION AND ORDER CONDITIONALLY GRANTING PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

LAWSON, District Judge.

The petitioner, Clarence Scott, a state prisoner presently incarcerated at the Oaks Correctional Facility in Eastlake, Michigan, filed this petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging his conviction for first-degree murder and sentence of life imprisonment. The petitioner alleges, among other things, that his constitutional right to confrontation under the Sixth Amendment was violated when the prosecution introduced the incriminating statement of a co-defendant who…