Trenton Millender v. Stanley Adams

OPINION

BOYCE F. MARTIN, JR., Circuit Judge.

Mr. Trenton Millender appeals the judgment of the district court denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for a writ of habeas corpus. This Court granted a certificate of appealability on four issues: (1) whether Mr. Millender’s trial counsel was constitutionally ineffective; (2) whether the Michigan trial court’s failure to instruct jurors on mistaken identity and impeachment by a prior inconsistent statement denied petitioner a fair trial; (3) whether comments the prosecutor made in closing argument denied petitioner a fair trial; and (4) whether the…