Marsack v. Howes

OPINION AND ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

LAWSON, District Judge.

Petitioner Richard Peter Marsack, a state prisoner currently confined at the Lakeland Correctional Facility in Coldwa-ter, Michigan, has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The petitioner was convicted of first-degree murder following a jury trial conducted in Kalkaska County, Michigan and was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. The petitioner asserts that he is entitled to habeas relief because the prosecution failed to present sufficient…