Legal Opinion
Drain v. Woods
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided November 2, 2012No. Case No. 10-11306PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER CONDITIONALLY GRANTING A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
ARTHUR J. TARNOW, Senior District Judge.
Petitioner James Drain has filed an application for the writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The pleading challenges Petitioner’s convictions for first-degree murder and two firearm offenses. Petitioner raises several claims regarding the selection of his jury, the sufficiency of the evidence, the jury instructions, the testimony of a key prosecution witness, his trial attorney, the state court’s denial of his motion for an evidentiary hearing, and the prosecutor’s conduct.
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2Cases cited96 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Miller-El v. CockrellSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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3Cited by8 opinions
- James Drain v. Jeffrey WoodsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2014
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- People v. BlessettCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2018
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