Flowers 244656 v. Morrison

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION ______ VASHON FLOWERS, Petitioner, Case No. 1:22-cv-981 v. Honorable Paul L. Maloney BRYAN MORRISON, Respondent. ____________________________/ OPINION This is a habeas corpus action brought by a state prisoner under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner Vashon Flowers is incarcerated with the Michigan Department of Corrections at the Lakeland Correctional Facility (LCF) in Coldwater, Branch County, Michigan. Following a four- day jury trial in the Muskegon County Circuit Court, Petitioner was convicted of first-degree murder,…