Legal Opinion
Renico v. Lett
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 3, 2010No. 09-338PublishedCited by 1,860 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
OPINION OF THE COURT
[559 U.S. 769]
2Opinion of the Court · RobertsChief Justice Roberts
This case requires us to review the grant of a writ of habeas corpus to a state prisoner under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA), 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d). The District Court in this case issued the writ to respondent Reginald Lett on the ground that his Michigan murder conviction violated the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Constitution, and the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed. In doing so, however, these courts misapplied AE-DPA’s deferential standard of review. Because we conclude that the Michigan Supreme…
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