Hattie Tanner v. Joan Yukins

OPINION

KAREN NELSON MOORE, Circuit Judge.

Hattie Mae Tanner, who was convicted of murder in 2000, argues that the district court erred by denying habeas relief on two grounds. First, Tanner argues that the Michigan Supreme Court unreasonably applied Ake v. Oklahoma, 470 U.S. 68, 105 S.Ct. 1087, 84 L.Ed.2d 53 (1985), when it held that the trial court properly denied Tanner’s trial counsel funding for a serology or DNA expert, and that the district court erred by upholding the Michigan Supreme Court’s application of Ake. Second, Tanner argues that the Michigan Supreme Court unreasonably applied…