Douglas J. Feela v. Thomas Israel and Bronson Lafollette, Maurice Sabin v. Thomas Israel and Bronson Lafollette

GRANT, Senior District Judge.

In these two cases, consolidated on appeal, petitioners-appellants Maurice Sabin and Douglas Feela appeal the denials of their respective writs of habeas corpus. The issues presented for our review are:

I. Whether the district court erred in finding that the introduction of van theft evidence constituted harmless error;

II. Whether the state’s allusions to and comments upon Feela’s post-arrest silence were harmless error;

III. Whether the evidence presented at trial was insufficient to establish the guilt of Maurice Sabin as a party to the crime of attempted murder?

Th…