Hastings v. Yukins

OPINION AND ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

CLELAND, District Judge.

Regina Ann Hastings, (“petitioner”), presently incarcerated at the Scott Correctional Facility in Plymouth, Michigan, seeks the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. In her pro se application, petitioner challenges her conviction for one count of second degree murder. 1 For the reasons stated below, the petition for writ of habe-as corpus will be denied.

I. BACKGROUND

Petitioner was originally charged with one count of open murder, which arose out of the stabbing death of her husband…