Stermer v. Warren

Arthur J. Tarnow, United States District Judge

Linda Stermer has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging her first-degree felony murder conviction for which she is serving a life sentence. The predicate felony for the first-degree murder conviction is arson. The prosecutor committed misconduct in his closing argument by commenting on *646the credibility of witnesses, repeatedly labeling Petitioner, who did not testify, a liar, and misrepresenting the facts of the case. Trial counsel's failure to object to the misconduct was constitutionally ineffective as…