Legal Opinion
Edward G. Allen v. Robert Redman
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided November 16, 1988No. 86-2164PublishedCited by 87 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RYAN, Circuit Judge.
The petitioner, Edward G. Alien, appeals from the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Allen challenges the sufficiency of the evidence of his sanity and the jury instructions regarding the sanity issue. The district court held, and we agree, that Allen is precluded from challenging the sufficiency of the evidence of sanity in a habeas corpus proceeding because sanity is not, under Michigan law, an element of the crimes of assault with intent to rob or assault with intent to murder. We also agree with the…
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