Craig Haskell v. Mary Berghuis

OPINION

MAYS, District Judge.

Petitioner Craig Haskell (“Haskell”) seeks review of the denial of his Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus. Haskell was convicted on August 15, 2003, by a jury in Livingston County, Michigan, which returned a verdict of “guilty but mentally ill” on four counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct (“CSC”), one count of second-degree CSC, and aggravated domestic violence against Rae Russell (“Russell”), Haskell’s ex-girlfriend. The state trial court sentenced Haskell to concurrent prison terms of 12-30 years for first-degree CSC, 10-15 years for second-degree CSC,…