Charles Dorchy v. Kurt Jones, Warden

OPINION

GILMAN, Circuit Judge.

Charles Dorchy was convicted in state court of murdering his drug supplier, Larry Adams, and was sentenced to life in prison without parole. During Dorchy’s trial, the prior testimony of one unavail able witness and the recorded statement of another were submitted to the jury over Dorchy’s objection. On appeal, the Michigan Court of Appeals decided that the prior testimony was properly admitted into evidence. It concluded that the recorded statement, on the other hand, was improperly admitted, but determined that the error was harmless. Dorchy subsequently filed a…