William L. Dupuie v. Charles E. Egeler, Warden

EDWARDS, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from denial of appellant Dupuie’s petition for writ of habeas corpus entered by a District Judge in the Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division. Appellant is serving a life sentence for murder committed in the course of a felony. His petition was denied, without evidentiary hearing, on the basis of the state trial record.

The facts of the crimes involved are in dispute. Appellant’s claim is that constitutionally impermissible methods were employed to arrive at the testimony which convinced the jury that he was one of the two perpetrators, when…