Eric Cockream v. Kurt Jones

COOK, Circuit Judge.

Eric Cockream appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for habeas relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, in which he alleged prosecutorial misconduct and ineffective assistance of trial and appellate counsel. Finding that his appellate counsel’s performance did not prejudice him, and that the remainder of his claims necessarily fail as a result, we affirm the district court’s judgment.

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A Michigan jury convicted Cockream of kidnapping Michele Drogosch from the parking lot of her apartment complex. At Cockream’s trial, Drogosch testified that, as she returned home…