Legal Opinion
Atkins v. Overton
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided February 1, 1994No. 2:93-cv-70471PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
GADOLA, District Judge.
I
Petitioner, William Kenneth Atkins (“Petitioner”), presently confined at the Adrian Temporary Facility in Adrian, Michigan, has filed this pro se application for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner challenges his sentences for two armed robberies.
Petitioner pleaded guilty to two armed robberies committed three days apart. Petitioner used a .25 caliber automatic pistol in both robberies. In the first robbery he forced John Trenkle to withdraw and relinquish $250 from an automatic teller machine (ATM) after…
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